1960 in Romania

Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
See also:	Other events of 1960; History of Romania; Timeline of Romanian history; Years in Romania;

Events from the year 1960 in Romania. At the 1960 Summer Olympics, Iolanda Balaș wins the first Romanian Olympic gold medal.

Incumbents

Events

29 February – Six young writers are sentenced to prison and forced labour for "conspiracy and agitation".^[4]
8 September – Iolanda Balaș wins the first Romanian Olympic gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[5]
26 October – Romania established diplomatic relations with Cuba.^[6]

Art and literature

Telegrame, starring Grigore Vasiliu Birlic, premiers in Romania. It is shown at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival.^[7]

Births

4 January – Tecla Marinescu, kayaker, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[8]
10 February – Matei Machedon, mathematician.
1 June – Chira Apostol, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[9]
22 June – Rovana Plumb, politician and president of the Social Democratic Party in 2014 and 2015.^[10]
3 August – Mariana Constantin, gymnast, silver medal winner at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[11]
31 August – Vali Ionescu, long jumper, silver medal winner at the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[12]
13 November – Teodora Ungureanu, gymnast, thrice medal winner at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[13]
1 December – Leontina Văduva, soprano.^[14]

Deaths

8 January – Ion Codreanu, major general during World War II (born 1891).
6 February – Victor Gomoiu, surgeon and founder of hospitals (born 1882).^[15]
11 February – Clara Haskil, pianist (born 1895).^[16]
13 May – Andrei Magieru, theologian (born 1891).^[17]
3 June – Ana Pauker, communist leader and the world's first female foreign minister (born 1893).^[18]

References

^ Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
^ Mastny, Vojtech; Byrne, Malcolm (2005). A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955–1991. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 691. ISBN 978-6-15505-369-6.
^ Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.
^ Tuzu, Andreea Iustina (2018). "Life after Detention for Former Political Prisoners". In Budeancă, Cosmin; Báthory, Dalia (eds.). 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. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-64390-983-1.
^ Davidson, Jack (23 March 2016). "Obituary: Iolanda Balas, Romanian athlete". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020.
^ Larson, David L. (1986). The "Cuban Crisis" of 1962: Selected Documents and Chronology. Lanham: University Press of America. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-81915-298-5.
^ Cantacuzino, Ion; Gheorghiu, Manuela (1976). Cinematograful românesc contemporan, 1949–1975 [Contemporary Romanian Cinema, 1949–1975] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Meridiane. p. 216. OCLC 251762553.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tecla Marinescu-Borcănea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chira Apostol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
^ Mureșan, Marius (2000). Destinația Cotroceni: alegerile prezidențiale în România 1990–2014 [Destination Cotroceni: Presidential Elections in Romania 1990–2014] (in Romanian). Iaşi: Polirom. p. 394. ISBN 978-6-06171-506-0.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mariana Constantin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valy Ionescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Teodora Ungureanu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015.
^ Warrack, John; West, Ewan (2003). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-19280-028-2.
^ Giurescu, Constantin C.; Ciplea, Lia Ioana (1994). Five years and two months in the Sighet Penitentiary : May 7, 1950-July 5, 1955. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-88033-303-0.
^ Gillespie, John; Gillespie, Anna (1995). Notable Twentieth-century Pianists: A Bio-critical Sourcebook. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-31329-695-6.
^ Păcurariu, Mircea (1996). Dictionarul teologilor români [Dictionary of Romanian Theologians] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic. p. 240. ISBN 978-9-73973-914-6.
^ Deletant, Dennis (1999). Communist Terror in Romania. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-31221-904-8.

[1] Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.

[2] Mastny, Vojtech; Byrne, Malcolm (2005). A Cardboard Castle?: An Inside History of the Warsaw Pact, 1955–1991. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 691. ISBN 978-6-15505-369-6.

[3] Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.

[4] Tuzu, Andreea Iustina (2018). "Life after Detention for Former Political Prisoners". In Budeancă, Cosmin; Báthory, Dalia (eds.). 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. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-64390-983-1.

[5] Davidson, Jack (23 March 2016). "Obituary: Iolanda Balas, Romanian athlete". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020.

[6] Larson, David L. (1986). The "Cuban Crisis" of 1962: Selected Documents and Chronology. Lanham: University Press of America. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-81915-298-5.

[7] Cantacuzino, Ion; Gheorghiu, Manuela (1976). Cinematograful românesc contemporan, 1949–1975 [Contemporary Romanian Cinema, 1949–1975] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Meridiane. p. 216. OCLC 251762553.

[8] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tecla Marinescu-Borcănea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.

[9] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chira Apostol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.

[10] Mureșan, Marius (2000). Destinația Cotroceni: alegerile prezidențiale în România 1990–2014 [Destination Cotroceni: Presidential Elections in Romania 1990–2014] (in Romanian). Iaşi: Polirom. p. 394. ISBN 978-6-06171-506-0.

[11] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mariana Constantin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.

[12] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valy Ionescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015.

[13] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Teodora Ungureanu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015.

[14] Warrack, John; West, Ewan (2003). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-19280-028-2.

[15] Giurescu, Constantin C.; Ciplea, Lia Ioana (1994). Five years and two months in the Sighet Penitentiary : May 7, 1950-July 5, 1955. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-88033-303-0.

[16] Gillespie, John; Gillespie, Anna (1995). Notable Twentieth-century Pianists: A Bio-critical Sourcebook. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-31329-695-6.

[17] Păcurariu, Mircea (1996). Dictionarul teologilor români [Dictionary of Romanian Theologians] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic. p. 240. ISBN 978-9-73973-914-6.

[18] Deletant, Dennis (1999). Communist Terror in Romania. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-31221-904-8.

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