Date: August 19, 1960
Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched. Date: August 12, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960United Air Lines and TWA Plane Collision Over Staten Island December 16, 1960Nasser Opens Aswan Dam…
Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg. Date: April 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called "oven homicide" case in Krootila, Kokemäki, Finland. Date: December 23, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Sputnik Korabl-Sputnik 2 Launches Belka and Strelka August 19,…
The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal). Date: June 20, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Madagascar Gains Independence from France June 26, 1960Upper Volta Gains Independence…
Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180. Date: March 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Cameroon Independence from France…
The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom. Date: December 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Avianca Flight 671 Crashes at Montego Bay,…