Rome Hosts Games of the XVII Olympiad August 25, 1960
Date: August 25, 1960
Date: August 25, 1960
A Kyiv-bound Aeroflot airliner crashes on approach to Snilow Airport in Lviv, killing 32 of the 33 people on board. Date: February 26, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 26 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960FDA Approves Enovid as First…
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Date: March 17, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
The German Volkswagen Act comes into force. Date: July 28, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Queen Elizabeth II Proclaims House of Windsor, Mountbatten-Windsor Name, February 8, 1960Madagascar Gains Independence from France June 26,…
Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro. Date: April 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Scandinavian…
Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Date: May 13, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Ghana…
Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal. Date: September 5, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Nashville Sit-Ins Begin at Lunch Counters, February 13, 1960OPEC Founded: Organization of Petroleum Exporting…