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1960 is storming it up in Chile and China as they both deal with drastic storms that lead to many deaths. As we know we have had many presidents before but September 26 is the day we have the first televised presidential debate. An event happened that had the president involved where a U.S. U-2 plane is shot down over Soviet Union. Now as 1960 came along inventions have been made like the laser which is helping many lives in the world right now. Sprite and Domino's Pizza was introduced to the world and also the birth-control pill was approved by the FDA. The baseball World Series had a crazy finish as Bill Mazeroski from the Pittsburgh Pirates hits a walk off homerun in the 7th game in the World Series. As many athletes are training, the Summer Olympics were being held in Rome, Italy, where many athletes from many different countries …show more content…
The development of the pill was commissioned by birth-control pioneer Margaret Sanger and Katharine McCormick who opened the first birth-control clinic in the U.S. in 1916. Which hoped to encourage the development of a more practical and effective alternative that were in use at the time. In the early 1950’s Gregory Pincus began work on a birth-control pill doing clinical tests on the pill. The birth-control pill is also used to get rid of acne and to keep it from coming.
Bill Mazeroski hit the first walk off homerun in history during the World Series. October 13 in the 7th game of the World Series the Pittsburgh Pirates were playing the New York Yankees at the Forbes Field. This game there was not a single strikeout, and there was 19 runs and 24 hits played in around 2 and a half hours. More than 36,000 fans were at the game and a reserved seat would cost around $7.70. This game could be watched or heard from the radio and on the television. The Pittsburgh Pirates ended up winning the championship with a 3-2

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