Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In 1960
Thursday, 01 May 2025
Apr 26 Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82 on this day in history. 
Apr 27 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee) on this day in history.
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 In the year 1960 the first atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)
Apr 28 In the year 1960 "Christine" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 12 performances
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 in the year 1960.
May 01 CIA agent Francis Gary Powers, piloting an American U-2 reconnaissance plane, is shot down over the Soviet Union near Sverdiovsk in the year 1960.
May 01 Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR on this day in history.
May 01 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states in the year 1960.
May 01 In the year 1960 pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis
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 On this day in history harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC
May 05 In the year 1960 sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58
May 06 On this day in history england's Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon)
May 06 On this day in history 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 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 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 in the year 1960.
May 07 Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR in the year 1960.
May 07 Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship in the year 1960.
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 in the year 1960.
May 09 In the year 1960 nigeria becomes a member of the British Commonwealth
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 on this day in history.
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