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1960
 
   
The Colossus is US author Sylvia Plath's first collection of poems      
1960
 
    
Italian film director Federico Fellini makes La Dolce Vita, an episodic study of life along the Via Veneto in Rome       
1960
 
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The Brazilian government moves to Brasilia, into public buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer       
1960
 
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French Sudan becomes independent as the republic of Mali, with Modibo Keita as president      
1960
 
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Madagascar becomes independent (under the name Malagasy republic from till 1975), with Philibert Tsiranana as president      
1960
 
    
The Quiet Revolution in Quebec begins with the election of Jean Lesage and the Liberals       
1960
 
    
Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail is the first of many collections of poems by US poet Charles Bukowski       
1960
 
    
The birth control pill wins FDA approval in the US and goes on sale       
1960
 
    
English poet John Betjeman publishes his long autobiographical poem Summoned by Bells       
1960
 
    
Irish author Edna O'Brien publishes her first novel, The Country Girls