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 1960US Launches Transit 1-B…
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. Date: February 16, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Brasília Capital…
An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio. Date: October 29, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Joseph Kittinger Sets High-Altitude Parachute Records Over New Mexico, August 16,…
The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated. Date: November 25, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Jane Goodall Begins Gombe Chimpanzee Study July 14, 1960Alitalia Airliner Crashes in Shannon, Ireland, Killing 34…
The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation. Date: September 22, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 22 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Belding Scribner First Shunt Implant Enables Regular Hemodialysis, March 9,…
The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space. Date: April 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Cold War U-2 Crisis: Khrushchev Announces Gary Powers Captured, May 7, 1960TIROS-1 Transmits First Television…