Madagascar Gains Independence from France June 26, 1960

Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years. Date: January 18, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

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…

The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland. Date: June 26, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960NSA Cryptographers Defect to Soviet Union from Mexico, June 25, 1960Venezuelan President Rómulo…

Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police. Date: January 24, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)…

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 1960NSA Cryptographers Defect to Soviet Union from Mexico, June 25, 1960Cold War U-2…

The U.S. Navy submarine USS 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 → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960France Becomes…