Date: July 4, 1960
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…
France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso) and Niger. 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 1960Somali Republic Forms as Somaliland Gains Independence, July 1,…
At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals. Date: November 4, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 4 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960To Kill a Mockingbird First Published…
Niger gains independence from France. Date: August 3, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960China Launches First Sounding Rocket T-7, February 19, 1960Greensboro Sit-In Begins by Four Black Students, February 1, 1960Orlyonok Young Pioneer…
More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey. Date: May 6, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Netherlands, West Germany Sign Land Return…
An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio. Date: October 29, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960U.S. Imposes Trade Embargo on Cuba October 19, 1960UC Berkeley Students…