1960 in the United States

Events from the year 1960 in the United States. == Incumbents == === Federal government === President: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-Kansas/Pennsylvania) Vice President: Richard Nixon (R-California) Chief Justice: Earl Warren (California) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) Senate Majority Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) Congress: 86th ==== State governments ==== == Demographics == == Events == === January === January 2 – U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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