Algerian War - Most of the Army heeded De Gaulle's call
Time: Monday Feb 1, 1960
Place: Algiers, Algeria
Details: Most of the Army heeded De Gaulle's call, and the siege of Algiers ended on February 1 with Lagaillarde surrendering to General Challe's command of the French Army in Algeria.
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Friday Feb 26, 1960 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Fidel Castro-Relations between Cuba and the U.S.](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Fidel Castro Image](https://historydraft.com/files/16f5c6f1-b860-4e54-8cd5-9f5f18031bfa.160.webp)
Fidel Castro-Relations between Cuba and the U.S.
Mar, 1960 - Havana harbor, Havana, Cuba
![Laser-U.S. Patent Office denied Gould's application, and awarded a patent to Bell Labs](/assets/placeholder.png)
![A laser beam used for welding](https://historydraft.com/files/40c572b9-a8b9-43cf-badc-a01dbfe8524f.160.webp)
Laser-U.S. Patent Office denied Gould's application, and awarded a patent to Bell Labs
1960 - U.S.
![Pope Francis-Officially became a Jesuit](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/6b2d16ae-0a0b-481e-9b9f-21bcdbf38e6d.160.webp)
Pope Francis-Officially became a Jesuit
Saturday Mar 12, 1960 - Santiago, Chile
![Bay of Pigs Invasion-The CIA Put forward their Plan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bay of Pigs Invasion Image](https://historydraft.com/files/d1f64ef3-0e5e-4a9a-8267-68e30cff6c6a.160.webp)
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The CIA Put forward their Plan
Thursday Mar 17, 1960 - U.S.
![Pedro López (serial killer)-López placed up with US immigrant family](/assets/placeholder.png)
Pedro López (serial killer)-López placed up with US immigrant family
1960 - Venadillo, Colombia
![Ruby Bridges-The integration of the New Orleans school system](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ruby Bridges](https://historydraft.com/files/45d28b68-41b9-41ff-8d53-f202f61d71d9.160.webp)
Ruby Bridges-The integration of the New Orleans school system
1960 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
![Bay of Pigs Invasion-Transfering FRD rebels To Useppa Island](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bay of Pigs Invasion Image](https://historydraft.com/files/d1f64ef3-0e5e-4a9a-8267-68e30cff6c6a.160.webp)
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Transfering FRD rebels To Useppa Island
Apr, 1960 - Useppa Island, Florida, U.S.
![Bay of Pigs Invasion-Recruitment](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bay of Pigs Invasion Image](https://historydraft.com/files/d1f64ef3-0e5e-4a9a-8267-68e30cff6c6a.160.webp)
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Recruitment
Apr, 1960 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
![Audrey Hepburn-The Unforgiven](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Audrey Hepburn](https://historydraft.com/files/584e8e80-fe68-47b5-83e3-756ffb1947e2.160.webp)
Audrey Hepburn-The Unforgiven
Apr, 1960 - U.S.
![James Bond-For Your Eyes Only was published](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Daniel Craig - Film Premiere "Spectre" - James Bond](https://historydraft.com/files/d61f4d86-8335-4c5c-9d71-a1bb8a50addd.160.webp)
James Bond-For Your Eyes Only was published
Monday Apr 11, 1960 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Anna May Wong-Hollywood Walk of Fame](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Anna May Wong](https://historydraft.com/files/da5aba8a-b52a-492f-9d29-4895a50bdc07.160.webp)
Anna May Wong-Hollywood Walk of Fame
1960 - 1708 Vine Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
![Dwight D. Eisenhower-U.S. one-man U-2 spy plane was reportedly shot down at high altitude over Soviet airspace](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://historydraft.com/files/c4c92ba6-a0c6-4fc1-afe3-1f5574b7189e.160.webp)
Dwight D. Eisenhower-U.S. one-man U-2 spy plane was reportedly shot down at high altitude over Soviet airspace
Sunday May 1, 1960 - U.S.S.R.
![John F. Kennedy-Saint Anselm College Speech](/assets/placeholder.png)
![J.F.Kennedy Image](https://historydraft.com/files/14a5c7ef-a577-4350-b668-55f96102b95e.160.webp)
John F. Kennedy-Saint Anselm College Speech
Thursday May 5, 1960 - Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S.
![Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret married Armstrong-Jones](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon](https://historydraft.com/files/0f56f396-505a-405e-8df5-59bd2d90463f.160.webp)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret married Armstrong-Jones
Friday May 6, 1960 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Laser-Theodore H. Maiman operated the first functioning laser](/assets/placeholder.png)
![A laser beam used for welding](https://historydraft.com/files/40c572b9-a8b9-43cf-badc-a01dbfe8524f.160.webp)
Laser-Theodore H. Maiman operated the first functioning laser
Monday May 16, 1960 - Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, California, U.S.
![Dwight D. Eisenhower-Stupid U-2 business](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://historydraft.com/files/c4c92ba6-a0c6-4fc1-afe3-1f5574b7189e.160.webp)
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Stupid U-2 business
May, 1960 - Paris, France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle hosted a superpower summit](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle hosted a superpower summit
Tuesday May 17, 1960 - Paris, France
![Atomic Bomb-The 1960 Fort Dix IM-99 accident](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mushroom cloud above Nagasaki after atomic bombing](https://historydraft.com/files/6b23c9ed-a350-49c4-beb0-fa8c04909547.160.webp)
Atomic Bomb-The 1960 Fort Dix IM-99 accident
Tuesday Jun 7, 1960 - New Jersey, U.S.
![Anna May Wong-Portrait in Black](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Anna May Wong](https://historydraft.com/files/da5aba8a-b52a-492f-9d29-4895a50bdc07.160.webp)
Anna May Wong-Portrait in Black
Jun, 1960 - U.S.
![W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois celebrated the creation of the Republic of Ghana](/assets/placeholder.png)
![W. E. B. Du Bois](https://historydraft.com/files/42d20027-4c33-4450-b1fc-c7e84a1675b0.160.webp)
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois celebrated the creation of the Republic of Ghana
1960 - Ghana
![Flag of the United States-The Current Flag](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Flag of the United States](https://historydraft.com/files/b8bbc39b-b2ed-4b94-8adf-aedabe6c99f6.160.webp)
Flag of the United States-The Current Flag
Monday Jul 4, 1960 - U.S.
![Flag of the United States-Design](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Flag of the United States](https://historydraft.com/files/b8bbc39b-b2ed-4b94-8adf-aedabe6c99f6.160.webp)
Flag of the United States-Design
Jul, 1960 - U.S.
![United Nations-UN established United Nations Operation in the Congo](/assets/placeholder.png)
![United Nations](https://historydraft.com/files/6fb3a0c6-0f17-4e4a-8bba-949c3872fa7a.160.webp)
United Nations-UN established United Nations Operation in the Congo
Thursday Jul 14, 1960 - Congo
![Audrey Hepburn-Sean Hepburn Ferrer](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Audrey Hepburn](https://historydraft.com/files/584e8e80-fe68-47b5-83e3-756ffb1947e2.160.webp)
Audrey Hepburn-Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sunday Jul 17, 1960 - U.S.
![Christmas Island-The Media Statement of The Minister For Territories](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Flag of Christmas Island](https://historydraft.com/files/42bb99b1-c8b1-4a3b-be98-b5b03076b276.160.webp)
Christmas Island-The Media Statement of The Minister For Territories
Friday Aug 5, 1960 - Christmas Island
![Cypriot intercommunal violence-Republic of Cyprus was proclaimed](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Cyprus flag](https://historydraft.com/files/dd419898-74d2-43f0-802e-61dc5a904e6b.160.webp)
Cypriot intercommunal violence-Republic of Cyprus was proclaimed
Monday Aug 15, 1960 - Cyprus
![The Beatles-Moving to Hamburg](/assets/placeholder.png)
![The Beatles Image](https://historydraft.com/files/b36b4412-2f9f-4e95-8b8a-ada9c009048d.160.webp)
The Beatles-Moving to Hamburg
Wednesday Aug 17, 1960 - Hamburg, Germany
![Fidel Castro-Travelling to New York City for the General Assembly of the United Nations](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Fidel Castro Image](https://historydraft.com/files/16f5c6f1-b860-4e54-8cd5-9f5f18031bfa.160.webp)
Fidel Castro-Travelling to New York City for the General Assembly of the United Nations
Sep, 1960 - Hotel Theresa, Harlem, New York, U.S.
![Indira Gandhi-Her Husband Death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Indira Gandhi Image](https://historydraft.com/files/68590492-518e-456c-ad70-84861df14ed4.160.webp)
Indira Gandhi-Her Husband Death
Wednesday Sep 7, 1960 - New Delhi, India
![Pam Foreman Testroet-Salute](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/0346dc68-fe59-418d-8b14-52e27458342f.160.webp)
Pam Foreman Testroet-Salute
1960 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
![Ho Chi Minh-Lê Duẩn was officially named Party Leader](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-Lê Duẩn was officially named Party Leader
Saturday Sep 10, 1960 - Vietnam
![1973 oil crisis-Baghdad Conference](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Sky Petroleum advertisement, Garage and Motor Agent magazine, 7 July 1973](https://historydraft.com/files/15e9d5c6-0182-4e82-95f5-5cfa7c85262e.160.webp)
1973 oil crisis-Baghdad Conference
Wednesday Sep 14, 1960 - Baghdad, Iraq
![Yasunari Kawabata-An Officer](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Yasunari Kawabata](https://historydraft.com/files/769c9bfc-dec9-474f-8e4b-1c7adc135166.160.webp)
Yasunari Kawabata-An Officer
1960 - France
![Fidel Castro-The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Fidel Castro Image](https://historydraft.com/files/16f5c6f1-b860-4e54-8cd5-9f5f18031bfa.160.webp)
Fidel Castro-The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution
Wednesday Sep 28, 1960 - Havana, Cuba
![Pedro López (serial killer)-López was assaulted by a teacher](/assets/placeholder.png)
Pedro López (serial killer)-López was assaulted by a teacher
1960 - Venadillo, Colombia
![Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Start of an economic embargo](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bay of Pigs Invasion Image](https://historydraft.com/files/d1f64ef3-0e5e-4a9a-8267-68e30cff6c6a.160.webp)
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Start of an economic embargo
Thursday Oct 13, 1960 - Cuba
![Fidel Castro-The U.S. Prohibited the Majority of Exports to Cuba](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Fidel Castro Image](https://historydraft.com/files/16f5c6f1-b860-4e54-8cd5-9f5f18031bfa.160.webp)
Fidel Castro-The U.S. Prohibited the Majority of Exports to Cuba
Thursday Oct 13, 1960 - U.S
![Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Retaliation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bay of Pigs Invasion Image](https://historydraft.com/files/d1f64ef3-0e5e-4a9a-8267-68e30cff6c6a.160.webp)
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Retaliation
Friday Oct 14, 1960 - Cuba
![Fidel Castro-The Retaliation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Fidel Castro Image](https://historydraft.com/files/16f5c6f1-b860-4e54-8cd5-9f5f18031bfa.160.webp)
Fidel Castro-The Retaliation
Friday Oct 14, 1960 - Cuba
![Bank of America-Commercial National Bank became North Carolina National Bank](/assets/placeholder.png)
![The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte](https://historydraft.com/files/d2e158c6-7fe2-45c3-91e0-4395f684e892.160.webp)
Bank of America-Commercial National Bank became North Carolina National Bank
1960 - Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
![Neil Armstrong-Resigning his Commission](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Portrait of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 - image](https://historydraft.com/files/5346220c-6d4d-4d98-b691-a1290113be23.160.webp)
Neil Armstrong-Resigning his Commission
Friday Oct 21, 1960 - California, U.S.
![Fidel Castro-U.S. Companies' Nationalization](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Fidel Castro Image](https://historydraft.com/files/16f5c6f1-b860-4e54-8cd5-9f5f18031bfa.160.webp)
Fidel Castro-U.S. Companies' Nationalization
Tuesday Oct 25, 1960 - Cuba
![Muhammad Ali Clay-Professional debut](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mohamed Aly Image](https://historydraft.com/files/ec36b05a-a593-456f-a2ce-1d987a5b8a5c.160.webp)
Muhammad Ali Clay-Professional debut
Saturday Oct 29, 1960 - U.S.
![Diego Maradona-Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Diego Maradona](https://historydraft.com/files/69cb92ce-82a4-4fb5-ae53-2b821dd59381.160.webp)
Diego Maradona-Birth
Sunday Oct 30, 1960 - Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
![Bay of Pigs Invasion-The CIA Fail](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bay of Pigs Invasion Image](https://historydraft.com/files/d1f64ef3-0e5e-4a9a-8267-68e30cff6c6a.160.webp)
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The CIA Fail
Monday Oct 31, 1960 - Cuba
![Richard Nixon-Losing the 1960 United States presidential election](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Richard Nixon](https://historydraft.com/files/375fb4e9-4d04-45bb-af5e-825b87485393.160.webp)
Richard Nixon-Losing the 1960 United States presidential election
Tuesday Nov 8, 1960 - U.S.
![Dwight D. Eisenhower-The cork in the bottle](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://historydraft.com/files/c4c92ba6-a0c6-4fc1-afe3-1f5574b7189e.160.webp)
Dwight D. Eisenhower-The cork in the bottle
Nov, 1960 - U.S.
![Xerox-Wilson Center for Research and Technology](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Xerox headquarters in Norwalk](https://historydraft.com/files/5c2d1da5-26dd-4735-9a4f-1ff39ad64c04.160.webp)
Xerox-Wilson Center for Research and Technology
1960 - Webster, New York, U.S.
![Ruby Bridges-Judge J. Skelly Wright's court order for the first day of integrated schools in New Orleans](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ruby Bridges](https://historydraft.com/files/45d28b68-41b9-41ff-8d53-f202f61d71d9.160.webp)
Ruby Bridges-Judge J. Skelly Wright's court order for the first day of integrated schools in New Orleans
Monday Nov 14, 1960 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
![Ruby Bridges-Barbara Henry](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ruby Bridges](https://historydraft.com/files/45d28b68-41b9-41ff-8d53-f202f61d71d9.160.webp)
Ruby Bridges-Barbara Henry
Monday Nov 14, 1960 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
![Bay of Pigs Invasion-Telling President-elect John Kennedy about the outline plans](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bay of Pigs Invasion Image](https://historydraft.com/files/d1f64ef3-0e5e-4a9a-8267-68e30cff6c6a.160.webp)
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Telling President-elect John Kennedy about the outline plans
Friday Nov 18, 1960 - U.S.
![Ruby Bridges-White parents began bringing their children](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ruby Bridges](https://historydraft.com/files/45d28b68-41b9-41ff-8d53-f202f61d71d9.160.webp)
Ruby Bridges-White parents began bringing their children
Nov, 1960 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
![The Beatles-Harrison's deportation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![The Beatles Image](https://historydraft.com/files/b36b4412-2f9f-4e95-8b8a-ada9c009048d.160.webp)
The Beatles-Harrison's deportation
Sunday Nov 20, 1960 - Hamburg, Germany
![Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Chiefs' Meeting](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Bay of Pigs Invasion Image](https://historydraft.com/files/d1f64ef3-0e5e-4a9a-8267-68e30cff6c6a.160.webp)
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Chiefs' Meeting
Tuesday Nov 29, 1960 - U.S.
![Ho Chi Minh-North Vietnam created the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-North Vietnam created the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
Dec, 1960 - Vietnam
![Laser-Ali Javan, and William R. Bennett, and Donald Herriott, constructed the first gas laser](/assets/placeholder.png)
![A laser beam used for welding](https://historydraft.com/files/40c572b9-a8b9-43cf-badc-a01dbfe8524f.160.webp)
Laser-Ali Javan, and William R. Bennett, and Donald Herriott, constructed the first gas laser
1960 - New Jersey, U.S.
![Algerian War-Secret Army Organization](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Algerian War Image](https://historydraft.com/files/9419655d-f16a-40fd-a7f6-c1a9db3da1eb.160.webp)
Algerian War-Secret Army Organization
Saturday Dec 3, 1960 - Algeria
![Mamie Till-Till graduation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mamie Till at Emmett's funeral](https://historydraft.com/files/23cdf376-e027-40ab-a436-1392baf695a5.160.webp)
Mamie Till-Till graduation
1960 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
![Disasters with highest death tolls-December 1960 nor'easter](/assets/placeholder.png)
![disasters](https://historydraft.com/files/f8eb75bc-0e08-4bda-9c54-f6dbee2cc2e4.160.webp)
Disasters with highest death tolls-December 1960 nor'easter
1960 - U.S.
![Che Guevara-A trade agreement in East Berlin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Che Guevara Image](https://historydraft.com/files/4d12a080-d349-4993-b772-8b5cf4880a7b.160.webp)
Che Guevara-A trade agreement in East Berlin
Saturday Dec 17, 1960 - East Germany
![Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth II attended Commonwealth Conference](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Queen Elizabeth II at NASA](https://historydraft.com/files/33b027d2-0635-4557-8078-3f1a9027d017.160.webp)
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth II attended Commonwealth Conference
1960 - London, United Kingdom
![Vietnam War-Military Deaths In 1960](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Collage of Images From The Vietnam War](https://historydraft.com/files/51208cca-0de6-4166-87be-7e566812439d.160.webp)
Vietnam War-Military Deaths In 1960
1960 - Vietnam