Historical Events In 1960
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Apr 26 On this day in history wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
Apr 27 In the year 1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)
Apr 27 In the year 1960 france grants Togo independence
Apr 27 France grants Togo independence, kicking off the end of the colonial age in the year 1960.
Apr 27 The first atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee) in the year 1960.
Apr 28 "Christine" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances in the year 1960.
Apr 28 Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87 on this day in history.
Apr 30 Lt. Gen. H.D. Graham leaves the Canadian armed forces; last officer with a World War I ribbon to retire on this day in history.
May 01 On this day in history cIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk
May 01 On this day in history gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR
May 01 On this day in history india's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states
May 01 Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis on this day in history.
May 02 Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39 in the year 1960.
May 02 Harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance in the year 1960.
May 02 In the year 1960 house investigating committee, looking into payola questions
May 02 Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice &Consent) in the year 1960.
May 03 In the year 1960 harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC
May 05 Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
May 06 England's Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon) in the year 1960.
May 06 In the year 1960 paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
May 06 President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960 on this day in history.
May 06 On this day in history students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta
May 06 In the year 1960 trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramón Mercader), freed in México
May 07 On this day in history "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
May 07 On this day in history "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances
May 07 Leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR on this day in history.
May 07 On this day in history leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR
May 07 In the year 1960 michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship
May 07 In the year 1960 uSSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy
May 08 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88 in the year 1960.
May 08 USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations on this day in history.
May 09 Nigeria becomes a member of the British Commonwealth in the year 1960.
May 09 US is first country to use the birth control pill legally in the year 1960.
May 09 US send U-2 over USSR on this day in history.
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