Iraq Associations Law Allows Political Party Registration, January 6, 1960
Date: January 6, 1960
Date: January 6, 1960
Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro. Date: April 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960German…
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation. Date: February 3, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Sukarno Dismisses DPR, Replaces Parliament…
Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. Date: May 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 1960China Launches First Sounding Rocket T-7, February 19, 1960TIROS-1 Transmits First…
Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police. Date: January 24, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt. Date: May 24, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Princess Margaret Marries Antony Armstrong-Jones in First Televised Royal Wedding,…