On 18 September 1960, the 9th International Stoke Mandeville Games opened in Rome, a week after the end of the Olympic Games, and are now recognised as the first Paralympic Games. About 400 wheelchair athletes from 23 countries competed in archery, athletics, swimming, table tennis, snooker and other events, and were received by Pope John XXIII. The Winter Paralympics started in 1976, and in 1988 in Seoul the Games began to use the same facilities as the Olympics. The 2024 Games in Paris had about 4,400 athletes.
Before and after
- 30 June 1960The Congo becomes independent from Belgium
- 11 July 1960Publication of To Kill a Mockingbird
- 20 August 1960Construction of Roma Fiumicino Airport
- 14 September 1960Founding of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- from 18 September 1960 to 25 September 1960The first Paralympic Games open in Rome
- from 30 September 1960 to 1 April 1966Premiere of The Flintstones
- 30 October 1960Birth of Diego Maradona
- 8 November 19601960 United States presidential election
- 27 November 1960Birth of Yulia Tymoshenko
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