Leap years are a special type of year. In terms of the number of days, a leap year has one more day than a common year. So, was 1960 a leap year? What does a leap year mean? Huayi Network has carefully prepared content about the leap sixth month, and we hope you can get a preview first.

Is 1960 a leap year?

Generally, if a common year is divisible by four, it is a leap year, for example, 1996 is divisible by four, so it is a leap year; otherwise, it is a common year.
For years that are multiples of 100, if they are divisible by 400, they are leap years, otherwise they are common years. For example, 1900 is a common year, but 2000 is a leap year.
So
2008, 2000, 1952, and 1960 are leap years
1970 and 2006 are common years

What is a leap year?

A leap year in the Gregorian calendar is defined as follows: the Earth's orbit around the Sun is called a tropical year, which lasts 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds. Therefore, the Gregorian calendar defines common years and leap years. A common year has 365 days, which is 0.2422 days shorter than a tropical year. Over four years, this adds up to 0.9688 days, so an extra day is added every four years, making that year have 366 days, known as a leap year. However, adding one day every four years is 0.0312 days longer than four tropical years. After 400 years, this would add up to 3.12 days. Therefore, in 400 years, three leap years are omitted, meaning only 97 leap years are set in 400 years. This makes the average length of the Gregorian year close to that of the tropical year. Thus, the rule is: if the year is a multiple of 100, it must be a multiple of 400 to be a leap year. For example, 1900 and 2100 are not leap years.
The Earth on which we live always revolves around the Sun. It takes the Earth 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds to revolve around the Sun, which is 365.2422 days. For convenience, one year is set at 365 days, called a common year. Each year, after four years, almost one day will be added. This day is added to February, making that year have 366 days, called a leap year.

Notable people who died in 1960

January 4 — Camus, a famous French novelist, playwright, ethicist, and political theorist, Nobel Prize winner. Died in a car accident.
January 17 — Wei Li Huang, "top war criminal of the Kuomintang."
May 11 — John David Rockefeller Jr., American entrepreneur and philanthropist.
May 23 — Yan Xishan, high-ranking general of the Kuomintang.
May 29 — Lin, one of the important leaders of the Communist Party of China, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.
May 30 — Pasternak, Soviet writer, poet, and translator.
June 25 — Walter Baade, German astronomer.
July 1 — He Bingyan, high-ranking officer of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, known as the "One-Armed General."
July 27 — The famous literary figure von Heine passed away.
August 23 — Music master Oscar Hammerstein passed away.
October 26 — Sato Jozo, Japanese general.
November 16 — Clark Gable, American actor.
November 28 — Shu Xincheng, lexicographer and former chief editor of the "Cihai" (Chinese Encyclopedia).
Time unknown — He Bingyan, deputy commander of the Southwest Military Region, commander of the Sichuan Provincial Military District, and member of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee.
Time unknown — He Wei, a high-ranking officer of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. A famous traitor.