Page 7: Historical Events In 1960
Friday, 18 July 2025
Apr 26 In the year 1960 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 on this day in history.
Apr 27 On this day in history 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 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 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 in the year 1960.
May 01 India's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states on this day in history.
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 On this day in history harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
May 02 On this day in history house investigating committee, looking into payola questions
May 02 On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice &Consent)
May 03 In the year 1960 harvey Schmidt/Tom Jones' musical "Fantasticks" premieres in NYC
May 05 Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1960.
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 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 in the year 1960.
May 07 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances on this day in history.
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 In the year 1960 leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR
May 07 Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship in the year 1960.
May 07 On this day in history uSSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy
May 08 In the year 1960 hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
May 08 In the year 1960 uSSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations
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 in the year 1960.
May 09 In the year 1960 uS send U-2 over USSR
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