Date: May 13, 1960
Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Date: May 13, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Belding…
The Games of the XVII Olympiad commence in Rome, Italy. Date: August 25, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 25 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Algerian War: Algiers European Volunteer Insurrection, January 24, 1960Chad Declares Independence from France, August 11,…
Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. Date: May 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 1 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, on board. Date: January 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 21 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960CordΓ³n Caulle Erupts After…
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 crashes near Ankara EsenboΔa Airport in Turkey, killing all 42 aboard. Date: January 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 19 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Belding Scribner First Shunt Implant Enables Regular Hemodialysis, March…
Air France Flight 343 crashes on approach to Yoff Airport in Senegal, killing all 63 aboard. Date: August 29, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 29 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960U-2 Incident: Francis Gary Powers Shot Down Over Soviet…