Hilkka Saarinen Murdered in Finland’s “Oven Homicide” Case, December 23, 1960
Date: December 23, 1960
Date: December 23, 1960
Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. Date: March 22, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 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…
Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana. Date: November 14, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Brasília Capital Inaugurated, Three Powers Transferred April 21, 1960Theodore Maiman…
John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States, defeating incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon, who would later be elected president in 1968 and 1972. Date: November 8, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day…
Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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 1960Greensboro Sit-Ins Begin: Black Students Protest Segregation, February 1, 1960Cold…
The Lake Bodom murders occur in Finland. Date: June 5, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Northwest Orient Flight 710 Crashes in Indiana, Killing 63 – March 17, 1960Syngman Rhee Resigns After April Revolution,…
The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration. Date: December 3, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960France Becomes Fourth Nuclear Power After Gerboise…