Date: August 16, 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…
Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy. Date: December 15, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960South Korea Student Pro-Democracy Protest Forces Syngman Rhee Resignation – April 19,…
At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet. Date: September 10, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 10 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Haile…
Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her study of chimpanzees in the wild. Date: July 14, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Theodore Maiman Operates First Optical…
Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed. Date: December 17, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Cal Poly Football Team Plane Crash…
France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan. Date: April 4, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960NFL Announces Dallas and Minneapolis-St. Paul Expansion Teams, January…