Date: January 25, 1960
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…
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Date: March 17, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg. Date: April 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami. Date: January 6, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 6 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Syngman Rhee Resigns After April…
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation. Date: February 3, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960South Korea Student Pro-Democracy Protest…
The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established. Date: January 14, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 14 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Iraq Associations Law…