Date: August 16, 1960
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States. 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 1960Syngman Rhee Resigns After April Revolution, South Korea April 26, 1960Charlotte…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Sukarno Dismisses Indonesian Parliament,…
Air France Flight 343 crashes on approach to Yoff Airport in Senegal, killing all 63 aboard. Date: August 29, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960TIROS-1 Transmits First Television Picture from Space, April 1,…
Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee. Date: February 13, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Nixon-Kennedy First Televised Presidential Debate in Chicago, September…
The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties. Date: January 30, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Eastern Airlines Flight 375 Crashes at Boston Logan, 62 Killed -…
The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time. Date: July 20, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960USS Enterprise, First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Launched September 24,…