Cameroon Independence from France and UK, January 1, 1960
Date: January 1, 1960
Date: January 1, 1960
Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched. Date: August 12, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 12 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960John F. Kennedy Elected 35th U.S. President, Defeats Richard Nixon, November 8, 1960Islamabad Declared Pakistanβs Federal…
The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Date: May 22, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 22 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Trans Australia Airlines Flight…
Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Date: February 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 1 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Little Joe 1B Mercury Launch with Miss…
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 β π Other events on August 19 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events…
At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet. Date: September 10, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 10 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Sirimavo…
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 β π Other events on January 9 π Events on this day in 1960 π On…