Date: April 9, 1960
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States. 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 1960Belding Hibbard Scribner First Shunt Implant Enables Hemodialysis, March 9, 1960Islamabad…
Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign. Date: April 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Reserve Bank of Australia Established as Central…
The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft. Date: November 3, 1960…
Aeroflot Flight 036 crashes in Soviet Ukraine, killing 34. Date: August 17, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Nasser Opens Aswan Dam Construction with Dynamite, January 9, 1960South Africa Coal Mine Collapse Kills 435…
The Games of the XVII Olympiad commence in Rome, Italy. Date: August 25, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Turkey Military Coup Ousts President Celâl Bayar and Government, May 27, 1960UC Berkeley Students Protest…
President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile. Date: January 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On…