U.S. Imposes Trade Embargo on Cuba October 19, 1960

The National Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for the 1961 NFL season. Date: January 28, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Penguin…

The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established. Date: January 14, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 14 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Viet Cong Formally…

The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean. Date: January 23, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Khrushchev Pounds Shoe at UN Over Philippine…

Chad declares independence from France. Date: August 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960France Legislates Independence for Dahomey, Upper Volta, and Niger, July 11, 1960Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 Crashes Near Ankara, 42…

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…

Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. Date: March 22, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Chile Earthquake Tsunami Kills 61 in Hilo, Hawaii, May 23, 1960Fidel…