French Freighter La Coubre Explodes in Havana, Killing 100 – March 4, 1960

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…

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 → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville). Date: June 30, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960OPEC Founded: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries September 14, 1960Sudanese Republic Renamed Mali After Senegal…

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 1960U.S. Imposes Trade Embargo…

Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation. Date: August 6, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 6 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960TIROS-1 Transmits First Television Picture from Space, April 1, 1960Reserve Bank of Australia Established…