British Somaliland Gains Independence as Somaliland June 26, 1960
Date: June 26, 1960
Date: June 26, 1960
The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system. Date: April 13, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Cold War U-2 Spyplane Shot Down Over Soviet Union May 1, 1960Queen Elizabeth…
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation. Date: February 3, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Cordón Caulle Erupts After Valdivia…
Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people. Date: January 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Cordón Caulle Erupts After Valdivia Earthquake, May 24, 1960Iraq Associations Law Allows Political…
Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France. Date: August 15, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Ghana Becomes Republic, Nkrumah First President, July 1, 1960FDA Approves Enovid as First Oral Contraceptive Pill,…
The Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it unites as scheduled with the five-day-old State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Date: July 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in…
Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Date: July 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960USS Trieste Breaks Depth Record in Pacific Ocean, January 23,…