Date: February 8, 1960
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)…
Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg. Date: April 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers. Date: May 7, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960France Grants Independence to…
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 1960NSA Cryptographers Defect to…
Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashes near Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing 29. Date: June 10, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Little Joe 1B Mercury Launch with Miss Sam January 21,…
Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign. Date: April 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960NAB Threatens Fines Over Payola Scandal, January…