Aeroflot Kyiv-Bound Airliner Crashes Near Lviv, 32 Killed, February 26, 1960

Ivory Coast becomes independent from France. Date: August 7, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Avianca Flight 671 Crashes at Montego Bay, 37 Killed, January 21, 1960Theodore Maiman Operates First Optical Ruby Laser, May…

Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom. Date: January 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt Injured in Assassination Attempt, June 24, 1960Somali Republic Forms as Somaliland Gains…

President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile. Date: January 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On…

Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. Date: May 16, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Francis Gary Powers Charged with Espionage Over Soviet…

South Kasai secedes from the Congo. Date: August 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960UC Berkeley Students Protest House Un-American Activities Committee Visit, May 13, 1960USS Triton Completes First Submerged Circumnavigation of the…