Date: March 17, 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 1960Netherlands, West Germany Sign Land Return Agreement, April 8, 1960Theodore…
At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Date: April 15, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this…
Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis. Date: March 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Date: May 13, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Alitalia…
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 → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office. Date: May 27, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Little Joe 1B Mercury Launch with Miss…