Japan and United States Sign US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty, January 19, 1960

Niger gains independence from France. Date: August 3, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960USS Triton Completes First Submerged Circumnavigation of the Globe, April 25, 1960Queen Elizabeth II Proclaims House of Windsor, Mountbatten-Windsor Descendants,…

Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers. Date: May 7, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960FDA Approves First Oral…

In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1). Date: September 8, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Camelot…

In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Date: September 26, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Cameroon Independence from France and UK, January…

While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor. Date: December 13, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…