Date: March 5, 1960
Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years. Date: January 18, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 18 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More…
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 β π Other events on April 15 π Events on this…
The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day. Date: September 2, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 2 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960NSA Cryptographers Defect to Soviet Union from Mexico, June…
In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1). Date: September 8, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 8 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Flintstones…
An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio. Date: October 29, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 29 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Sukarno Dismisses DPR, Replaces Parliament with DPR-GR, March 5, 1960Haile Selassie…
Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom. Date: August 16, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 16 π Events on this day in 1960 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Katanga Secedes from Congo in Crisis, July 11, 1960Viet Cong Formally Established in South Vietnam, December 20,…