Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In 1960
Friday, 19 September 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) in the year 1960.
Apr 27 France grants Togo independence on this day in history.
Apr 27 France grants Togo independence, kicking off the end of the colonial age on this day in history.
Apr 27 The first atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee) on this day in history.
Apr 28 On this day in history "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 on this day in history.
May 01 Gary Powers, in a U2 spy plane, shot down and captured by the USSR in the year 1960.
May 01 On this day in history india's Bombay state split into Gujarat &Maharashtra states
May 01 On this day in history pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis
May 02 On this day in history caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39
May 02 On this day in history harry Belafonte's 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
May 02 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions in the year 1960.
May 02 Pulitzer prize awarded to Al Drury (Advice &Consent) on this day in history.
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 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 Trotsky's murderer Jacques Mornard (Ramón Mercader), freed in México on this day in history.
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 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 on this day in history.
May 07 USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy in the year 1960.
May 08 On this day in history hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
May 08 USSR & Cuba resume diplomatic relations on this day in history.
May 09 In the year 1960 nigeria becomes a member of the British Commonwealth
May 09 On this day in history uS is first country to use the birth control pill legally
May 09 US send U-2 over USSR in the year 1960.
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