Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis. Date: March 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Indonesian President Sukarno dismisses the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaces it with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members. Date: March 5, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100. Date: March 4, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Kyiv-bound Aeroflot airliner crashes on approach to Snilow Airport in Lviv, killing 32 of the 33 people on board. Date: February 26, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 26 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board. Date: February 26, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 26 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket. Date: February 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. Date: February 16, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee. Date: February 13, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons. Date: February 13, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Queen Elizabeth II issues an Order-in-Council, proclaiming the House of Windsor and declaring that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor. Date: February 8, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)