Date: December 17, 1960
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710 crashes in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, killing 63. Date: March 17, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Scandinavian Airlines Flight 871 Crashes Near Ankara, 42 Killed January 19,…
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…
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded. Date: September 14, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960First Successful Polaris Missile Launch from USS George Washington July 20, 1960Ghana Becomes Republic, Nkrumah First…
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 1960Belgian Congo Gains Independence as Republic of…
President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile. Date: January 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On…
The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal). Date: June 20, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Ivory Coast Independence from France, August 7, 1960French Forces Clash with…