1960 in Romania

none 1960 Events from the year 1960 in Romania. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, Iolanda Balaș wins the first Romanian Olympic gold medal. Incumbents President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic: Ion Gheorghe Maurer.Bertold Spuler Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975 London Bowker 1977 978-0-85935-056-3 443 Prime Minister: Chivu Stoica.Vojtech Mastny Malcolm Byrne A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955–1991 Budapest Central European University Press 2005 691 978-6-15505-369-6 General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.Spencer Tucker The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection Santa Barbara ABC-CLIO 2020 978-1-44086-076-8 669 Events 29 February – Six young writers are sentenced to prison and forced labour for "conspiracy and agitation".Andreea Iustina Tuzu Life after Detention for Former Political Prisoners Cosmin Budeancă Dalia Báthory Histories (un)spoken: Strategies of Survival and Social-professional Integration in Political Prisoners' Families in Communist Central and Eastern Europe in the '50s and '60s ZURICH LIT Verlag 2018 136 978-3-64390-983-1 https://books.google.com/books?id=239SDwAAQBAJ&dq=romania+24+february+1960&pg=PA136 8 September – Iolanda Balaș wins the first Romanian Olympic gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics.Obituary: Iolanda Balas, Romanian athlete Davidson, Jack The Scotsman 23 March 2016 https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-iolanda-balas-romanian-athlete-1-4080850 https://web.archive.org/web/20201212133659/https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-iolanda-balas-romanian-athlete-1480029 12 December 2020 26 October – Romania established diplomatic relations with Cuba.David L. Larson The "Cuban Crisis" of 1962: Selected Documents and Chronology Lanham University Press of America 1986 301 978-0-81915-298-5 Art and literature Telegrame, starring Grigore Vasiliu Birlic, premiers in Romania. It is shown at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.Ion Cantacuzino Manuela Gheorghiu Cinematograful românesc contemporan, 1949–1975 Contemporary Romanian Cinema, 1949–1975 Bucharest Editura Meridiane 1976 216 251762553 RO Births 4 January – Tecla Marinescu, kayaker, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/tecla-marinescu-borcanea-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150925130100/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/tecla-marinescu-borcanea-1.html dead 25 September 2015 Tecla Marinescu-Borcănea 10 February – Matei Machedon, mathematician. 1 June – Chira Apostol, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.Hilary Evans Arild Gjerde Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon etal http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ap/chira-apostol-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150924190805/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ap/chira-apostol-1.html dead 24 September 2015 Chira Apostol Sports Reference LLC Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 22 June – Rovana Plumb, politician and president of the Social Democratic Party in 2014 and 2015.Marius Mureșan Destinația Cotroceni: alegerile prezidențiale în România 1990–2014 Destination Cotroceni: Presidential Elections in Romania 1990–2014 Iaşi Polirom 2000 394 978-6-06171-506-0 RO 3 August – Mariana Constantin, gymnast, silver medal winner at the 1976 Summer Olympics.Hilary Evans Arild Gjerde Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon etal http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/mariana-constantin-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150924234726/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/mariana-constantin-1.html dead 24 September 2015 Mariana Constantin Sports Reference LLC Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 31 August – Vali Ionescu, long jumper, silver medal winner at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Hilary Evans Arild Gjerde Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon etal http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/io/valy-ionescu-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150912162104/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/io/valy-ionescu-1.html dead 12 September 2015 Valy Ionescu Sports Reference LLC Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 13 November – Teodora Ungureanu, gymnast, thrice medal winner at the 1976 Summer Olympics.Hilary Evans Arild Gjerde Jeroen Heijmans Bill Mallon etal http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/un/teodora-ungureanu-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150921001919/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/un/teodora-ungureanu-1.html dead 21 September 2015 Teodora Ungureanu Sports Reference LLC Olympics at Sports-Reference.com 1 December – Leontina Văduva, soprano.John Warrack Ewan West The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera Oxford Oxford University Press 2003 529 978-0-19280-028-2 https://books.google.com/books?id=WbDbuLJPKBgC Deaths 8 January – Ion Codreanu, major general during World War II (born 1891). 6 February – Victor Gomoiu, surgeon and founder of hospitals (born 1882).Constantin C. Giurescu Lia Ioana Ciplea Five years and two months in the Sighet Penitentiary : May 7, 1950-July 5, 1955 New York Columbia University Press 1994 146 978-0-88033-303-0 11 February – Clara Haskil, pianist (born 1895).John Gillespie Anna Gillespie Notable Twentieth-century Pianists: A Bio-critical Sourcebook Westport Greenwood Press 1995 373 978-0-31329-695-6 13 May – Andrei Magieru, theologian (born 1891).Mircea Păcurariu Dictionarul teologilor români Dictionary of Romanian Theologians Bucharest Univers Enciclopedic 1996 240 978-9-73973-914-6 RO 3 June – Ana Pauker, communist leader and the world's first female foreign minister (born 1893).Dennis Deletant Communist Terror in Romania New York St. Martin's Press 1999 242 978-0-31221-904-8 References 1960 Category:Years of the 20th century in Romania Category:1960s in Romania Category:1960 in Romania Romania Romania