1960

Magic related events from the year 1960.

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Events

• Don Alan performs his Chop Cup routine on the "Ed Sullivan Show", May 22
• The Great LaFollette, a performer of both a successful Chinese and traditional magic act, dies on November 8
• Comedy A La Card, written by Karrell Fox, is published by L.L. Ireland Magic Co.
• Seconds, Centers and Bottoms, by Ed Marlo, is published as the 8th in the RCT series of booklets
• The Magic of Slydini, by Lewis Ganson, is published by the Supreme Magic Co.
• The 13 Steps to Mentalism, booklets 12-13, written by Tony Corinda, are published
• A Lifetime in Magic, written as an autobiograpy by Percy Abbott, is published
• Percy Abbott, co-founder of the Blackstone Magic Company, dies on August 26
• Dai Vernon's More Inner Secrets of Card Magic, by Lewis Ganson, is republished as part of the Inner Card Trilogy
• Tony Andruzzi designs Gloria Jacobson's "Vampira" act
• The Magic Land of Allakazam begins airing on national television with host Mark Wilson
• MacDonald's Aces routine is first published
• Channing Pollock appears as an actor in Moschettieri del mare
• Harlan Tarbell dies on June 16
• Paper Folding Fun, by Robert Harbin is published by Oldbourne
• Dick Cavett briefly revives his magic act
• Steranko on Cards, by Jim Steranko, is published by L.L. Ireland Magic Co.
• Neil Foster revives the The Tops magazine as the editor of The New Tops.
• The Sponge Book, by Frances Ireland Marshall, is published
• The Shari Lewis Show begins on network television with host Shari Lewis
• Jay Marshall appears on the cover of Genii, Jan
• Herbert Milton, magician and creator, dies
• Peter Pit moves to the United States
• Don Tanner begins serving as Editor of the New Phoenix for No. 351-396
• Dr. Stanley Jaks dies, Jan 5
• Howard Brooks appears in the Jerry Lewis movie "The Bellboy"
• Egyptian Hall is described in Genii
• Ingvar Larsson serves for one year as editor of the Swedish periodical,Trollkarlen
• Glorpy, the effect of a dancing hankercheif, is created circa 1960
• Mental Exploits, by Robert Nelson, is published
• The Trick That Cannot Be Explained, created by Dai Vernon, is published
• Richiardi Jr appears on the Ed Sullivan Show, Mar 27
• Lance Burton, an American Stage Magician, is born, Mar 10
• The Push-off Count is first explained
• The Mutus Nomen Dedit Cocis card plot is published in Hugard's Magic Monthly, Jan
• Tricks You Can Count On, written by Larry West, is published
• Gus Fowler, an English magician known as "The Watch King" and "The Chronometrical Illusionist", dies, Jan 4
• The Province of Ontario issues a Charter incorporating the Windsor Magic Circle as a Corporation
• The Magical Bookie, a periodicle that ran for 14 years, begins publication
• The 38th and last edition of the The Midget Magician, an undersized periodicle, is published
• Vito Lupo, an FISM winner, is born
• Charles Waller, an amateur magician, dies, May 30
• Bruno Warnecke is given a tribute by IBM Ring 19, Feb 18
• Matrix, a card an coin trick, is developed by Al Schneider
• E.S.P. Handbook and Workshop Kit is compiled and published by Ireland Magic Co.
• D. Robbins retires from D. Robbins & Co., Inc. and Paul Fried purches
• Milton Aces is published by Geoffrey Scalbert in Abracadabra, May 7
• Spotlight on Comedy, by Robert Orben, is published
• Jim Barber, both a ventriloquist and magician, is born
• Mahka Tendo, an FISM winning card manipulator, is born, Mar 18
• Midnight Magic Monthly, a magic periodical, ends publication
• Walter Baker, a vaudeville performer in the 1920s, dies, June 30
• Henry Clive, a magician, painter and magazine illustrator, dies, Dec 12

Positions

Organizations

SAM:

President - William J. McCarthy

Magic Circle:

Treasurer - Wilfrid Jonson

Periodicles

Trollkarlen:

Editor - Ingvar Larsson

Periodicle Issues

Genii Volume 24, No. 5 - 16

Jay Marshall Cover - Volume 24, No. 5. Jan.

Harlan Tarbell Cover - Volume 24, No. 11. July

M-U-M, Vol. 50, No. 7, December 1960

Abracadabra, Vol 29, No 745, (May 7, 1960)