Date: November 3, 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 1960French Freighter La Coubre Explodes…
The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space. Date: April 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Soviet Union Sentences U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers for Espionage, August 19, 1960Iraq Associations Law…
The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season. Date: January 28, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Queen…
Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Date: February 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Congo Crisis: Mobutu Seizes Power in Military…
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 1960John F. Kennedy Elected 35th U.S. President, Defeats Richard Nixon, November…
A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii. Date: May 23, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Harold Macmillan’s “Wind of Change” Speech on Decolonisation,…