Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In 1960
Monday, 16 June 2025
Apr 26 Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82 on this day in history. 
Apr 27 In the year 1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)
Apr 27 France grants Togo independence on this day in history.
Apr 27 In the year 1960 france grants Togo independence, kicking off the end of the colonial age
Apr 27 On this day in history the first atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)
Apr 28 "Christine" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances in the year 1960.
Apr 28 On this day in history anton Pancake, astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87
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 CIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk on this day in history.
May 01 In the year 1960 gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR
May 01 In the year 1960 india's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states
May 01 On this day in history pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis
May 02 In the year 1960 caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39
May 02 Harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance on this day in history.
May 02 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions on this day in history.
May 02 Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice &Consent) in the year 1960.
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 On this day in history england's Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)
May 06 In the year 1960 paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (Blume von Hawaii), dies at 67
May 06 On this day in history president Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
May 06 Students attack Dutch embassy in Djakarta on this day in history.
May 06 Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramón Mercader), freed in México on this day in history.
May 07 On this day in history "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
May 07 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances on this day in history.
May 07 Leonid Brezhnev becomes the President of the USSR in the year 1960.
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 On this day in history uSSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy
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 in the year 1960.
May 09 On this day in history uS send U-2 over USSR
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