Cuban Revolution: Cuba Nationalizes Foreign Property, August 6, 1960

Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashes near Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing 29. Date: June 10, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Nigeria Gains Independence from the United Kingdom, October 1, 1960Cold…

Sirimavo Bandaranaike is sworn in as prime minister of Ceylon, becoming the world's first democratically elected female head of government. Date: July 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Islamabad Declared Pakistan’s Federal Capital,…

Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people. Date: January 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty Signed January 19, 1960Algerian War: European Volunteers Stage Algiers…

Robert McNamara is named president of the Ford Motor Company, becoming the first non-Ford family member to serve in that post. He resigns a month later to join the newly elected John F. Kennedy administration. Date: November 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day…

The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft. Date: November 3, 1960…

Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, on board. Date: January 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Nigeria Gains Independence from…