Dahomey Declares Independence from France, August 1, 1960

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 → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Capital Airlines Flight 20…

A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed. Date: November 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Reserve Bank of Australia Established as Central Bank January 14, 1960France Becomes…

The Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it unites as scheduled with the five-day-old State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Date: July 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in…

The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. Date: May 22, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960UNESCO Convention Against Discrimination…

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…

Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. Date: March 22, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa, March 21, 1960TIROS-1 Transmits First Television…