1960 in Romania
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. Prime Minister: Chivu Stoica. General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. Events
 29 February – Six young writers are sentenced to prison and forced labour for "conspiracy and agitation". 8 September – Iolanda Balaș wins the first Romanian Olympic gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics. 26 October – Romania established diplomatic relations with Cuba. Art and literature
 Telegrame, starring Grigore Vasiliu Birlic, premiers in Romania. It is shown at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. Births
 4 January – Tecla Marinescu, kayaker, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics. 10 February – Matei Machedon, mathematician. 1 June – Chira Apostol, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics. 22 June – Rovana Plumb, politician and president of the Social Democratic Party in 2014 and 2015. 3 August – Mariana Constantin, gymnast, silver medal winner at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 31 August – Vali Ionescu, long jumper, silver medal winner at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 13 November – Teodora Ungureanu, gymnast, thrice medal winner at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 1 December – Leontina Văduva, soprano. Deaths
 8 January – Ion Codreanu, major general during World War II (born 1891). 6 February – Victor Gomoiu, surgeon and founder of hospitals (born 1882). 11 February – Clara Haskil, pianist (born 1895). 13 May – Andrei Magieru, theologian (born 1891). 3 June – Ana Pauker, communist leader and the world's first female foreign minister (born 1893). References

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