Aug 24 -127 F (-88ø C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)

Aug 17 Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow

Aug 16 Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 m (84,700')

Aug 04 Rocket propelled USAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH

Aug 07 Ivory Coast gains independence from France

Aug 11 In the first recovery of an object after it had been in orbit, a Navy HRS-3 helicopter, operating from the Haiti Victory of the Pacific Missile Range, recovered the instrumented capsule discharged by Discoverer XIII

Aug 11 Chad declares independence

Aug 11 Chad gains independence from France

Aug 23 World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)

Aug 01 Chubby Checker brings out "The Twist"

Aug 19 Sputnik 5 carries 2 dogs, 3 mice into orbit (later recovered alive)

Aug 16 Cyprus independence

Aug 25 17th summer olympics opens in Rome

Aug 08 Militray coup in Laos

Aug 12 Echo 1, first communications satellite, is launched

Aug 13 Central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France

Aug 07 Students stage kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches

Aug 20 USSR recovers 2 dogs; first living organisms to return from space

Aug 17 Gabon gains independence from France (National Day)

Aug 16 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus

Aug 20 Senegal breaks from the Mali federation; declaring independence

Aug 07 The Ivory Coast gains independence from France

Aug 15 UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen

Aug 15 Congo (Brazzaville) gains independence from France (Natl Day)

Aug 12 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 41,600 m

Aug 31 Agricultural Hall of Fame established

Aug 10 Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned first object from space

Aug 09 Race riot in Jacksonville Florida

Aug 17 The west African country of Gabon gains its independence from France.

Aug 16 Republic of the Congo (Zaire) forms

Aug 19 American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers sentenced to ten years in a Soviet prison for espionage

Aug 08 Ivory Coast declares independence

Aug 24 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil

Aug 03 Niger gains independence from France

Sep 10 Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon

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