38 events found for 1960
Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him t
Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated
The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe
Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule
Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet
More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jon
Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Ga
The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid
Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the H
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California
A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii
Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt
In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office
Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashes near Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing 29
The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the
Charlotte Motor Speedway holds its first NASCAR race, the inaugural World 600
The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal)
The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contrac