To Kill a Mockingbird First Published in U.S. July 11, 1960

Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. Date: May 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 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 1960Ivory Coast Independence from…

Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro. Date: April 21, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Japan…

Charlotte Motor Speedway holds its first NASCAR race, the inaugural World 600. Date: June 19, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Lake Bodom Murders in Finland June 5, 1960First Successful Polaris Missile Launch from…

Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)). Date: July 4, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅…

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 1960Ivory Coast Independence from France, August 7, 1960Venezuelan President…