Date: August 16, 1960
France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso) and Niger. Date: July 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Robert McNamara Named Ford Motor Company President, November 9,…
The German Volkswagen Act comes into force. Date: July 28, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960USS Triton Completes First Submerged Circumnavigation of the Globe, April 25, 1960Nedelin Catastrophe: R-16 Missile Explosion at Baikonur…
Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Date: February 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960U.S. Imposes Trade Embargo on Cuba October…
Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people. 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 1960Northwest Orient Flight 1-11 Ditches Off Polillo Island, July 14, 1960Great Chilean Earthquake,…
Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana. Date: November 14, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Brasília Officially Inaugurated as Brazil’s Capital, April 21, 1960First Successful…
The Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it unites as scheduled with the five-day-old State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Date: July 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in…