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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Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. Date: March 22, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 22 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960USS Trieste Breaks Depth Record in Pacific Ocean, January 23, 1960USS…
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…
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion. Date: March 17, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 17 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More…
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 β π Other events on February 26 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Aeroflot Kyiv-Bound…
A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners. Date: January 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 21 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960France Grants Independence to Mali Federation, April 4, 1960Little Joe 1B Mercury Launch…
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 β π Other events on May 7 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960France Grants Independence to…