Date: March 9, 1960
Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years. Date: January 18, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage. Date: August 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation. Date: August 6, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 6 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Somali Republic Forms as Somaliland Gains Independence, July 1, 1960Mirabal Sisters Assassinated in Dominican…
France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan. Date: April 4, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Queen Elizabeth II Proclaims House of Windsor, Mountbatten-Windsor Descendants,…
At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals. Date: November 4, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 4 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Harold Macmillan Signals Support for Decolonisation,…
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…