June 1960
Events that took place in Fairfax County in June, 1960:
- June 7 – 7-year-old Gerry Mace is fatally injured when he rides his bicycle into the side of a moving truck in Falls Church. Mace is taken to Arlington Hospital, where he is pronounced dead.[1]
- June 7 – 68-year-old Frank J. Bradley commits suicide behind his home on Camp Alger Avenue in Falls Church by shooting himself with a .38 caliber pistol.[2]
- June 27 – The Falls Church City Council formally opens annexation proceedings against Fairfax County by adopting in a 5-1 vote an ordinance seeking to add 4.54 square miles of the county to the city's territory.[3]
References
- ↑ "Boy Bicyclist, 7, Killed in Fairfax Truck Collision" Evening Star, 8 Jun. 1960, NIGHT FINAL, p. 25. NewsBank. Accessed 11 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Falls Church Man Reported a Suicide" Evening Star, 8 Jun. 1960, NIGHT FINAL, p. 25. NewsBank. Accessed 11 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ "Annexation Move Against Fairfax Approved by Falls Church Council." Evening Star, 28 Jun. 1960, Night Final, p. 22. NewsBank. Accessed 11 Dec. 2017.
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