Date: March 17, 1960
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 1960United Air Lines and…
Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100 people, including Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin. Date: October 24, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)…
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 1960Jane Goodall Observes Chimpanzee Tool Use in Tanzania, November 4, 1960US…
The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100. Date: March 4, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Greensboro Sit-Ins Begin: Black Students Protest Segregation, February 1, 1960Sukarno Dismisses Indonesian Parliament, Replaces…
Chad declares independence from France. Date: August 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Ivory Coast Independence from France, August 7, 1960Coronation Street First Episode Broadcast in UK, December 9, 1960Nigeria Gains Independence from…
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 1960South Africa Coal Mine Collapse Kills 435 Miners, January 21, 1960South Vietnam Military Coup…