Date: January 24, 1960
Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy. Date: December 15, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Rome Hosts Games of the XVII Olympiad August 25, 1960United Air Lines…
Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty Date: January 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960China Launches First Sounding Rocket T-7, February 19, 1960African National Party Founded in Chad…
Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. Date: May 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
King Mahendra of Nepal suspends the country's constitution, dissolves parliament, dismisses the cabinet, and imposes direct rule. Date: December 15, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Madagascar Gains Independence from France June 26, 1960Camelot…
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 1960First…
China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket. Date: February 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Eisenhower Signs Anti-Cuban Covert Action Directive, March 17, 1960Cameroon Independence from France and UK, January 1,…