In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office. Date: May 27, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt. Date: May 24, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii. Date: May 23, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California. Date: May 16, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Date: May 13, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill. Date: May 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey. Date: May 6, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. Date: May 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)