1960

Timeline

Japanese The Human Vapor poster

1959 ← 1960 → 1961

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous • Last Ice Age

BCE: 30,000 • 8000 • 4th millennium • 1100 • 218

Before 1800: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1357 • 1502 • 1556 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749

1800s: 1804 • 1805 • 1850 • 1851 • 1853 • 1862 • 1875 • 1881 • 1886 • 1888 • 1890 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899

1900–1999

'00s: 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

'10s: 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919

'20s: 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000–present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 • 2026

Future

2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2031 • 2034 • 2035 • 2036 • 2039 • 2041 • 2042 • 2043 • 2045 • 2046 • 2047 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• Nobuhiro Ekubo is born in Oita, Japan.
• Craig Allen is born.
• The original Godzilla film is released in Thailand.
• The Mysterians is released in Belgium and Norway.
• The H-Man is released in the Netherlands.

February

• 1 February: The Mysterians is released in Sweden.
• 5 February: The Mysterians is released in West Germany.
• 25 February: The H-Man is released in Mexico.

March

• 18 March: Takehiro Murata is born in Tokyo, Japan.

April

• Gigantis, the Fire Monster is released in the United Kingdom by Eros Films.
• 10 April: The Secret of the Telegian is released in Japan.

May

• 17 May: Godzilla Raids Again is released in South Korea.
• 22 May: Hideaki Anno is born in Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan.
• 26 May: Tomoo Haraguchi is born in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan.

June

• 3 June: Sega is founded.
• 4 June: Katsuro Onoue is born in Kagoshima, Japan.
• 9 June: Battle in Outer Space is released in Hawaiian theaters.
• 30 June: Godzilla Raids Again is released in Mexico.

July

• Monarch Books publishes the novelization of Gorgo, an upcoming film.
• 2 July: Terry Rossio is born in Michigan, United States.
• 25 July: Battle in Outer Space is released in Canada.
• 29 July: The Mysterians is released in Portugal.

August

• 24 August: Takashi Miike is born in Osaka, Japan.

September

• 1 September: Godzilla Raids Again releases in Australia.
• 13 September: Bob Eggleton is born in Concord, Massachusetts, United States.

November

• 9 November: Rodan is released in Denmark.
• 30 November: Battle in Outer Space is released in West Germany.

December

• The H-Man is released in the United Kingdom by Columbia Pictures.
• 11 December: The Human Vapor is released in Japan.
• 16 December: Battle in Outer Space is released in Finland.
• 20 December: Toho International releases a shortened English-subtitled version of The Three Treasures to American theaters.

In fiction

• Shinzo Mafune, a brilliant marine biologist, announces to his colleagues that he has discovered a giant aquatic dinosaur he calls Titanosaurus and claims to control it. The scientific community mocks and ridicules Mafune for this, prompting him to be fired from the oceanographic institute where he works and sending him into seclusion. (Terror of Mechagodzilla)
• A soldier known as Corporal Sudo under the alias Goro Nakamoto, uses a device that can give its user the ability to teleport anywhere to kill his fellow soldiers who robbed and left him for dead during World War II. He was defeated later. (The Secret of the Telegian)
• Mizuno, a librarian at a sanatorium, has been given the ability to become vapor after a scientist does an experiment on him. Mizuno uses this power to engage in criminal activities, robbing banks to give the money to his dancer, but is later cornered and killed in a fire. (The Human Vapor)
• A wild boy is sighted catching and eating dogs and rabbits in the streets of Hiroshima. News of these sightings gain the attention of a group of scientists who spend the next year investigating. (Frankenstein vs. Baragon)
• Skorak and Rohanna are seen for the first time by the modern world. (GigaBash)

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