Northwest Orient Flight 710 Crashes in Indiana, Killing 63 – March 17, 1960
Date: March 17, 1960
Date: March 17, 1960
Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union. Date: July 8, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 8 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960NFL Announces Dallas and Minneapolis-St. Paul Expansion Teams, January 28,…
Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild. Date: July 14, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 14 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960National Airlines Flight 2511 Bombing,…
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control and management of the Indus, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej and Beas rivers. Date: September 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 19 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This…
The U.S. Navy submarine USSΒ Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. Date: February 16, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 16 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960USS Triton…
Indonesian President Sukarno dismisses the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaces it with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members. Date: March 5, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 5 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280Β million German marks as Wiedergutmachung. Date: April 8, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 8 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More…