Reserve Bank of Australia Established as Central Bank January 14, 1960
Date: January 14, 1960
Date: January 14, 1960
A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii. Date: May 23, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960France Grants Independence to Mali Federation, Senegal and…
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 1960Ella Baker Leads SNCC…
Robert McNamara is named president of the Ford Motor Company, becoming the first non-Ford family member to serve in that post. He resigns a month later to join the newly elected John F. Kennedy administration. Date: November 9, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day…
The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated. Date: November 25, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960TIROS-1 Transmits First Television Picture from Space, April 1, 1960Richard Pavlick Arrested for JFK Assassination Plot,…
French forces crack down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French president Charles de Gaulle. Date: December 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Chile Earthquake Tsunami…
Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180. Date: March 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Japan and United States…