China Launches First Sounding Rocket T-7, February 19, 1960
Date: February 19, 1960
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Date: February 19, 1960
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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 โ ๐ Other events on February 26 ๐ Events on this day in 1960 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Cal Poly Football Team Plane…
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 โ ๐ Other events on March 5 ๐ Events on this day in 1960 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 โ ๐ Other events on February 3 ๐ Events on this day in 1960 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871…
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1960 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Cameroon Independence from France…
Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union. Date: July 8, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on July 8 ๐ Events on this day in 1960 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Munich C-131 Crash Kills 52 December 17, 1960FDA Approves Enovid…
Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild. Date: July 14, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on July 14 ๐ Events on this day in 1960 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Princess Margaret Marries Antony Armstrong-Jones…