Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1960
Wednesday, 30 October 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 France grants Togo independence in the year 1960.
Apr 27 France grants Togo independence, kicking off the end of the colonial age in the year 1960.
Apr 27 On this day in history the first atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)
Apr 28 On this day in history "Christine" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances
Apr 28 Anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87 in the year 1960.
Apr 30 On this day in history lt. Gen. H.D. Graham leaves the Canadian armed forces; last officer with a World War I ribbon to retire.
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 Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR in the year 1960.
May 01 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states in the year 1960.
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 on this day in history.
May 02 On this day in history house investigating committee, looking into payola questions
May 02 In the year 1960 pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice &Consent)
May 03 Harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC in the year 1960.
May 05 Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
May 06 In the year 1960 england's Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)
May 06 Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67 in the year 1960.
May 06 In the year 1960 president Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
May 06 Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta in the year 1960.
May 06 On this day in history trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramón Mercader), freed in México
May 07 In the year 1960 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
May 07 In the year 1960 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances
May 07 On this day in history leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR
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 USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy in the year 1960.
May 08 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88 on this day in history.
May 08 On this day in history uSSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
May 09 Nigeria becomes a member of the British Commonwealth on this day in history.
May 09 US is first country to use the birth control pill legally on this day in history.
May 09 US send U-2 over USSR in the year 1960.
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