An Officer
Time: 1960
Place: France
Details: Kawabata was appointed an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France in 1960.
‹ Earlier in historyBaghdad ConferenceWednesday Sep 14, 1960 Later in history ›The Committees for the Defense of the RevolutionWednesday Sep 28, 1960
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Harald V-Education
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Algerian War-Major demonstrations in Algiers
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1960 - U.S.
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Qaboos bin Said al Said-Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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Cuban Missile Crisis-Missile gap
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Ruby Bridges-William Frantz Elementary School
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Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret's announcement of her engagement
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1960 - U.S.
Pope Francis-Officially became a Jesuit
Saturday Mar 12, 1960 - Santiago, Chile
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The CIA Put forward their Plan
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Pedro López (serial killer)-López placed up with US immigrant family
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Ruby Bridges-The integration of the New Orleans school system
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Bay of Pigs Invasion-Transfering FRD rebels To Useppa Island
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Bay of Pigs Invasion-Recruitment
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Audrey Hepburn-The Unforgiven
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Anna May Wong-Hollywood Walk of Fame
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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
Thursday May 5, 1960 - Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S.
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
Monday May 16, 1960 - Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, California, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Stupid U-2 business
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Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle hosted a superpower summit
Tuesday May 17, 1960 - Paris, France
Atomic Bomb-The 1960 Fort Dix IM-99 accident
Tuesday Jun 7, 1960 - New Jersey, U.S.
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Flag of the United States-The Current Flag
Monday Jul 4, 1960 - U.S.
Flag of the United States-Design
Jul, 1960 - U.S.
United Nations-UN established United Nations Operation in the Congo
Thursday Jul 14, 1960 - Congo
Audrey Hepburn-Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sunday Jul 17, 1960 - U.S.
Christmas Island-The Media Statement of The Minister For Territories
Friday Aug 5, 1960 - Christmas Island
Cypriot intercommunal violence-Republic of Cyprus was proclaimed
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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
Sep, 1960 - Hotel Theresa, Harlem, New York, U.S.
Indira Gandhi-Her Husband Death
Wednesday Sep 7, 1960 - New Delhi, India
Pam Foreman Testroet-Salute
1960 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Ho Chi Minh-Lê Duẩn was officially named Party Leader
Saturday Sep 10, 1960 - Vietnam
1973 oil crisis-Baghdad Conference
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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
1960 - Venadillo, Colombia
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
Thursday Oct 13, 1960 - U.S
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Retaliation
Friday Oct 14, 1960 - Cuba
Fidel Castro-The Retaliation
Friday Oct 14, 1960 - Cuba
Bank of America-Commercial National Bank became North Carolina National Bank
1960 - Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Resigning his Commission
Friday Oct 21, 1960 - California, U.S.
Fidel Castro-U.S. Companies' Nationalization
Tuesday Oct 25, 1960 - Cuba
Muhammad Ali Clay-Professional debut
Saturday Oct 29, 1960 - U.S.
Diego Maradona-Birth
Sunday Oct 30, 1960 - Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Bay of Pigs Invasion-The CIA Fail
Monday Oct 31, 1960 - Cuba
Richard Nixon-Losing the 1960 United States presidential election
Tuesday Nov 8, 1960 - U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-The cork in the bottle
Nov, 1960 - U.S.
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
Monday Nov 14, 1960 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
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
Friday Nov 18, 1960 - U.S.
Ruby Bridges-White parents began bringing their children
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The Beatles-Harrison's deportation
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Bay of Pigs Invasion-The Chiefs' Meeting
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Ho Chi Minh-North Vietnam created the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
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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
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Mamie Till-Till graduation
1960 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
Disasters with highest death tolls-December 1960 nor'easter
1960 - U.S.
Che Guevara-A trade agreement in East Berlin
Saturday Dec 17, 1960 - East Germany
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth II attended Commonwealth Conference
1960 - London, United Kingdom
Vietnam War-Military Deaths In 1960
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