China Launches First Sounding Rocket T-7, February 19, 1960
Date: February 19, 1960
Date: February 19, 1960
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion. Date: October 12, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960TIROS-1 Transmits First Television Picture from…
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 1960Northwest Orient Flight 1-11 Ditches Off Polillo Island, July…
The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean. Date: January 23, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Mauritania Gains Independence from France, November 28,…
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 → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960USS Triton Completes First Submerged…
In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. Date: September 26, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Eisenhower Signs Anti-Cuban Covert Action Directive, March…
The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland. Date: June 26, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Nigeria Gains Independence from the United Kingdom, October 1, 1960OPEC Founded: Organization of…