Date: May 13, 1960
Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched. Date: August 12, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960South Vietnam Military Coup Against Ngô Đình Diệm Crushed, November 11, 1960Reserve Bank of Australia Established…
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government is likely to support decolonisation. Date: February 3, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Harold Macmillan Signals Support for…
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 1960Japan and United States Sign US-Japan Mutual Security Treaty, January 19,…
The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. Date: April 25, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Netherlands, West Germany Sign Land Return Agreement, April 8, 1960Islamabad Declared…
France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso) and Niger. Date: July 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Netherlands, West Germany Sign Land Return Agreement, April 8,…
The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal). Date: June 20, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1960Northwest Orient Flight 710 Crashes in Indiana, 63 Killed March 17,…