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  • Complutense University of Madrid, Av. Séneca, Madrid, Spain
    1960
    Juan Carlos I

    Education

    Complutense University of Madrid, Av. Séneca, Madrid, Spain
    1960

    In 1960–61, he studied Law, International Political Economy and Public Finance at Complutense University. He then went to live in the Palace of Zarzuela and began carrying out official engagements.




  • Liverpool, England
    Jan, 1960
    The Beatles

    The Joining of Stuart Sutcliffe

    Liverpool, England
    Jan, 1960

    Lennon's art school friend Stuart Sutcliffe, who had just sold one of his paintings and was persuaded to purchase a bass guitar, joined in January 1960, and it was he who suggested changing the band's name to Beatals,




  • Oxford, England
    1960
    Harald V

    Education

    Oxford, England
    1960

    In 1960, Harald entered Balliol College, Oxford where he studied history, economics and politics. He was a keen rower during his student days at Oxford and was taught to row by fellow student and friend Nick Bevan, later a leading British school rowing coach.




  • Algiers, Algeria
    1960
    Algerian War

    Major demonstrations in Algiers

    Algiers, Algeria
    1960

    After major demonstrations in Algiers and several other cities in favor of independence (1960) and a United Nations resolution recognizing the right to independence.




  • Tokyo, Japan
    1960
    Akio Morita

    Producing The First Transistor Television In The World

    Tokyo, Japan
    1960

    In 1960, it produced the first transistor television in the world. In 1973, Sony received an Emmy Award for its Trinitron television-set technology.




  • U.S.
    1960
    Josip Broz Tito

    Tito met President Dwight D. Eisenhower

    U.S.
    1960

    In the autumn of 1960 Tito met President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the United Nations General Assembly meeting.




  • U.S.
    Jan, 1960
    Harald V

    His First official Journey abroad

    U.S.
    Jan, 1960

    In 1960, he also made his first official journey abroad, visiting the United States in connection with the fiftieth anniversary of the American Scandinavian Foundation.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1960
    World Bank

    International Development Association (IDA)

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1960

    The International Development Association (IDA) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. The IDA is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It was established in 1960 to complement the existing International Bank for Reconstruction and Development by lending to developing countries which suffer from the lowest gross national income, from troubled creditworthiness, or from the lowest per capita income.


  • Germany
    1960
    Cameras

    German Mec 16 SB

    Germany
    1960

    The next technological advance came in 1960 when the German Mec 16 SB subminiature became the first camera to place the light meter behind the lens for more accurate metering. However, through-the-lens metering ultimately became a feature more commonly found on SLRs than other types of cameras; the first SLR equipped with a TTL system was the Topcon RE Super of 1962.


  • Stockholm, Sweden
    1960
    Computer animation

    The first computer-drawn Film

    Stockholm, Sweden
    1960

    In 1960, a 49-second vector animation of a car traveling down a planned highway was created at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology on the BESK computer.


  • U.S.
    1960
    Warren Buffett

    Seven Partnerships

    U.S.
    1960

    By 1960, Buffett operated seven partnerships.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Jan 2, 1960
    John F. Kennedy

    Presidential Nomination Announcement

    U.S.
    Saturday Jan 2, 1960

    On January 2, 1960, Kennedy announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.


  • U.S.
    Jan, 1960
    Internet

    Man-Computer Symbiosis

    U.S.
    Jan, 1960

    Licklider, Vice President at Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc., discussed a computer network in his January 1960 paper Man-Computer Symbiosis: A network of such centers, connected to one another by wide-band communication lines [...] the functions of present-day libraries together with anticipated advances in information storage and retrieval and symbiotic functions suggested earlier in this paper.


  • France
    1960
    Edward VIII

    A Family Album

    France
    1960

    Edward penned a relatively unknown book, A Family Album, chiefly about the fashion and habits of the royal family throughout his life, from the time of Queen Victoria to that of his grandfather and father, and his own tastes.


  • Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England, United Kingdom
    1960
    Qaboos bin Said al Said

    Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

    Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, England, United Kingdom
    1960

    At 20, he entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    1960
    Audrey Hepburn

    Second BAFTA Award

    London, England, United Kingdom
    1960

    The role produced a third Academy Award nomination for Hepburn, and earned her a second BAFTA Award.


  • Paris, France
    Friday Jan 29, 1960
    Algerian War

    De Gaulle called on his ineffective army to remain loyal

    Paris, France
    Friday Jan 29, 1960

    In Paris on January 29, 1960, De Gaulle called on his ineffective army to remain loyal and rallied popular support for his Algerian policy in a televised address.


  • Algiers, Algeria
    Monday Feb 1, 1960
    Algerian War

    Most of the Army heeded De Gaulle's call

    Algiers, Algeria
    Monday Feb 1, 1960

    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.


  • England, United Kingdom
    Monday Feb 8, 1960
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Mountbatten-Windsor would be the surname of her and her husband's male-line descendants

    England, United Kingdom
    Monday Feb 8, 1960

    On 8 February 1960, several years after the death of Queen Mary and the resignation of Churchill as prime minister, the Queen issued an Order in Council declaring that Mountbatten-Windsor would be the surname of her and her husband's male-line descendants who are not styled as Royal Highness or titled as prince or princess. While it seems the Queen had "absolutely set her heart" on such a change and had it in mind for some time, it occurred only 11 days before the birth of Prince Andrew (19 February), and only after three months of protracted correspondence between constitutional expert Edward Iwi (who averred that, without such a change, the royal child would be born with "the Badge of Bastardy") and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan who had attempted to rebuff Iwi.


  • France
    Saturday Feb 13, 1960
    Nuclear Power

    First nuclear weapon test in France

    France
    Saturday Feb 13, 1960

    France is one of the five "Nuclear Weapons States" under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. France was the fourth country to test an independently developed nuclear weapon in 1960, under the government of Charles de Gaulle.


  • Algiers, Algeria
    Saturday Feb 13, 1960
    Charles de Gaulle

    France became the world's fourth nuclear power

    Algiers, Algeria
    Saturday Feb 13, 1960

    On 13 February 1960, France became the world's fourth nuclear power when a high-powered nuclear device was exploded in the Sahara some 700 miles south-south-west of Algiers.


  • 25 Madison Avenue, New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Feb 15, 1960
    Sony Corporation

    Founding SCA

    25 Madison Avenue, New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Feb 15, 1960

    Sony co-founder Akio Morita founded Sony Corporation of America in 1960.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Feb 15, 1960
    Akio Morita

    Establishing The Sony Corporation of America

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Feb 15, 1960

    In 1960, the Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, currently abbreviated as SCA) was established in the United States.


  • Cuba
    1960
    Cuban Missile Crisis

    Missile gap

    Cuba
    1960

    Kennedy ran for president in 1960, one of his key election issues was an alleged "missile gap" with the Soviets.


  • New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    1960
    Ruby Bridges

    William Frantz Elementary School

    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    1960

    In early 1960, Bridges was one of six black children in New Orleans to pass the test that determined whether they could go to the all-white William Frantz Elementary School.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Feb 26, 1960
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Margaret's announcement of her engagement

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Feb 26, 1960

    Margaret's announcement of her engagement, on 26 February 1960, surprised the press, as she had concealed the romance from reporters.


  • Havana harbor, Havana, Cuba
    Mar, 1960
    Fidel Castro

    Relations between Cuba and the U.S.

    Havana harbor, Havana, Cuba
    Mar, 1960

    Relations between Cuba and the U.S. were further strained following the explosion of a French vessel, the La Coubre, in Havana harbor in March 1960. The ship carried weapons purchased from Belgium, and the cause of the explosion was never determined, but Castro publicly insinuated that the U.S. government was guilty of sabotage.


  • U.S.
    1960
    Laser

    U.S. Patent Office denied Gould's application, and awarded a patent to Bell Labs

    U.S.
    1960

    The U.S. Patent Office denied Gould's application, and awarded a patent to Bell Labs, in 1960.


  • Santiago, Chile
    Saturday Mar 12, 1960
    Pope Francis

    Officially became a Jesuit

    Santiago, Chile
    Saturday Mar 12, 1960

    At the conclusion of his novitiate in the Society of Jesus, Bergoglio officially became a Jesuit on 12 March 1960, when he made the religious profession of the initial, perpetual vows of poverty, chastity and obedience of a member of the order.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Mar 17, 1960
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The CIA Put forward their Plan

    U.S.
    Thursday Mar 17, 1960

    On 17 March 1960, the CIA put forward their plan for the overthrow of Castro's administration to the U.S. National Security Council (NSC) where US President Dwight D. Eisenhower lended his support. The first stated objective of the plan was to "bring about the replacement of the Castro regime with one more devoted to the true interests of the Cuban people and more acceptable to the US in such a manner to avoid any appearance of US intervention."


  • Venadillo, Colombia
    1960
    Pedro López (serial killer)

    López placed up with US immigrant family

    Venadillo, Colombia
    1960

    At age 12, López was taken in by a US immigrant family and enrolled in a school for orphans. He ran away after two years, according to one account, because he had been molested by a male teacher. Other sources claim that he ran away with a teacher.


  • New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    1960
    Ruby Bridges

    The integration of the New Orleans school system

    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    1960

    In 1960, when Ruby was six years old, her parents responded to a request from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans school system, even though her father was hesitant.


  • Useppa Island, Florida, U.S.
    Apr, 1960
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Transfering FRD rebels To Useppa Island

    Useppa Island, Florida, U.S.
    Apr, 1960

    In April 1960, FRD (Frente Revolucionario Democratico – Democratic Revolutionary Front) rebels were taken to Useppa Island, a private island off the coast of Florida, which was covertly leased by the CIA at the time. Once the rebels had arrived, they were greeted by instructors from U.S. Army special forces groups, members from the U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard and members of the CIA. The rebels were trained in amphibious assault tactics, guerrilla warfare, infantry and weapons training, unit tactics and land navigation.


  • Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Apr, 1960
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Recruitment

    Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Apr, 1960

    In April 1960, the CIA began to recruit anti-Castro Cuban exiles in the Miami area. Until July 1960. For the increasing ranks of recruits, infantry training was carried out at a CIA-run base (code-named JMTrax) near Retalhuleu in the Sierra Madre on the Pacific coast of Guatemala. The exiled group named themselves Brigade 2506 (Brigada Asalto 2506).


  • U.S.
    Apr, 1960
    Audrey Hepburn

    The Unforgiven

    U.S.
    Apr, 1960

    In The Unforgiven (1960), her only western film, in which she appeared opposite Burt Lancaster and Lillian Gish in a story of racism against a group of Native Americans.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Monday Apr 11, 1960
    James Bond

    For Your Eyes Only was published

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Monday Apr 11, 1960

    For Your Eyes Only (short stories) was published.


  • 1708 Vine Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1960
    Anna May Wong

    Hollywood Walk of Fame

    1708 Vine Street, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    1960

    For her contribution to the film industry, Anna May Wong received a star at 1708 Vine Street on the inauguration of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.


  • U.S.S.R.
    Sunday May 1, 1960
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    U.S. one-man U-2 spy plane was reportedly shot down at high altitude over Soviet airspace

    U.S.S.R.
    Sunday May 1, 1960

    On May 1, 1960, a U.S. one-man U-2 spy plane was reportedly shot down at high altitude over Soviet airspace. The flight was made to gain photo intelligence before the scheduled opening of an east-west summit conference, which had been scheduled in Paris, 15 days later.


  • Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S.
    Thursday May 5, 1960
    John F. Kennedy

    Saint Anselm College Speech

    Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S.
    Thursday May 5, 1960

    Kennedy gave a speech at Saint Anselm College on May 5, 1960, regarding America's conduct in the emerging Cold War. The address detailed how the American foreign policy should be conducted towards African nations, noting a hint of support for modern African nationalism by saying, "For we, too, founded a new nation on revolt from colonial rule".


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday May 6, 1960
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Margaret married Armstrong-Jones

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday May 6, 1960

    Margaret married Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey on 6 May 1960. The ceremony was the first royal wedding to be broadcast on television, and it attracted viewing figures of 300 million worldwide. 2,000 guests were invited to the wedding ceremony.


  • Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, California, U.S.
    Monday May 16, 1960
    Laser

    Theodore H. Maiman operated the first functioning laser

    Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, California, U.S.
    Monday May 16, 1960

    On May 16, 1960, Theodore H. Maiman operated the first functioning laser at Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, California, ahead of several research teams, including those of Townes, at Columbia University, Arthur Schawlow, at Bell Labs, and Gould, at the TRG (Technical Research Group) company. Maiman's functional laser used a flashlamp-pumped synthetic ruby crystal to produce red laser light at 694 nanometers wavelength. The device was only capable of pulsed operation, due to its three-level pumping design scheme.


  • Paris, France
    May, 1960
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Stupid U-2 business

    Paris, France
    May, 1960

    The Four Power Paris Summit in May 1960 with Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Harold Macmillan, and Charles de Gaulle collapsed because of the incident. Eisenhower refused to accede to Khrushchev's demands that he apologize. Therefore, Khrushchev would not take part in the summit. Up until this event, Eisenhower felt he had been making progress towards better relations with the Soviet Union. Nuclear arms reduction and Berlin were to have been discussed at the summit. Eisenhower stated it had all been ruined because of that "stupid U-2 business".


  • Paris, France
    Tuesday May 17, 1960
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle hosted a superpower summit

    Paris, France
    Tuesday May 17, 1960

    De Gaulle hosted a superpower summit on 17 May 1960 for arms limitation talks and détente efforts in the wake of the 1960 U-2 incident between United States President Dwight Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.


  • New Jersey, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 7, 1960
    Atomic Bomb

    The 1960 Fort Dix IM-99 accident

    New Jersey, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 7, 1960

    June 7, 1960: the 1960 Fort Dix IM-99 accident destroyed a Boeing CIM-10 Bomarc nuclear missile and shelter and contaminated the BOMARC Missile Accident Site in New Jersey.


  • U.S.
    Jun, 1960
    Anna May Wong

    Portrait in Black

    U.S.
    Jun, 1960

    In 1960, Wong returned to film in Portrait in Black, starring Lana Turner. She still found herself stereotyped, with one press release explaining her long absence from films with a supposed proverb, which was claimed to have been passed down to Wong by her father: "Don't be photographed too much or you'll lose your soul", a quote that would be inserted into many of her obituaries.


  • Ghana
    1960
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Du Bois celebrated the creation of the Republic of Ghana

    Ghana
    1960

    By 1960 – the "Year of Africa" – Du Bois had recovered his passport, and was able to cross the Atlantic and celebrate the creation of the Republic of Ghana.


  • U.S.
    Monday Jul 4, 1960
    Flag of the United States

    The Current Flag

    U.S.
    Monday Jul 4, 1960

    The flag was changed to have 50 stars. (for Hawaii)


  • U.S.
    Jul, 1960
    Flag of the United States

    Design

    U.S.
    Jul, 1960

    The basic design of the current flag is specified by 4 U.S.C. (Title 4 of the United States Code); outlines the addition of new stars to represent new states, with no distinction made for the shape, size, or arrangement of the stars. Specifications for federal government use adhere to the following values: Hoist (height) of the flag: A = 1.0 Fly (width) of the flag: B = 1.9 Hoist (height) of the canton ("union"): C = 0.5385 (A × 7/13, spanning seven stripes) Fly (width) of the canton: D = 0.76 (B × 2/5, two-fifths of the flag width) E = F = 0.0538 (C/10, One-tenth of the height of the canton) G = H = 0.0633 (D/12, One twelfth of the width of the canton) Diameter of star: K = 0.0616 (L × 4/5, four-fifths of the stripe width, the calculation only gives 0.0616 if L is first rounded to 0.077) Width of stripe: L = 0.0769 (A/13, One thirteenth of the flag height) These specifications are contained in an executive order which, strictly speaking, governs only flags made for or by the U.S. federal government. In practice, most U.S. national flags available for sale to the public have a different width-to-height ratio; common sizes are 2 × 3 ft. or 4 × 6 ft. (flag ratio 1.5), 2.5 × 4 ft. or 5 × 8 ft. (1.6), or 3 × 5 ft. or 6 × 10 ft. (1.667). Even flags flown over the U.S. Capitol for sale to the public through Representatives or Senators are provided in these sizes. Flags that are made to the prescribed 1.9 ratio are often referred to as "G-spec" (for "government specification") flags.


  • Congo
    Thursday Jul 14, 1960
    United Nations

    UN established United Nations Operation in the Congo

    Congo
    Thursday Jul 14, 1960

    On 14 July 1960, the UN established United Nations Operation in the Congo (UNOC), the largest military force of its early decades, to bring order to the breakaway State of Katanga, restoring it to the control of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by 11 May 1964.


  • U.S.
    Sunday Jul 17, 1960
    Audrey Hepburn

    Sean Hepburn Ferrer

    U.S.
    Sunday Jul 17, 1960

    Hepburn's son Sean Hepburn Ferrer was born on 17 July 1960.


  • Christmas Island
    Friday Aug 5, 1960
    Christmas Island

    The Media Statement of The Minister For Territories

    Christmas Island
    Friday Aug 5, 1960

    In a media statement on 5 August 1960, the minister for territories, Paul Hasluck, said, among other things, that, "His extensive knowledge of the Malay language and the customs of the Asian people... has proved invaluable in the inauguration of Australian administration... During his two years on the island he had faced unavoidable difficulties... and constantly sought to advance the island's interests."


  • Cyprus
    Monday Aug 15, 1960
    Cypriot intercommunal violence

    Republic of Cyprus was proclaimed

    Cyprus
    Monday Aug 15, 1960

    On August 15, 1960, the Republic of Cyprus was proclaimed.


  • Hamburg, Germany
    Wednesday Aug 17, 1960
    The Beatles

    Moving to Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany
    Wednesday Aug 17, 1960

    Allan Williams, the Beatles' unofficial manager, arranged a residency for them in Hamburg, but lacking a full-time drummer they auditioned and hired Pete Best in mid-August 1960. The band, now a five-piece, left four days later, contracted to club owner Bruno Koschmider for what would be a 3​1⁄2-month residency.


  • Hotel Theresa, Harlem, New York, U.S.
    Sep, 1960
    Fidel Castro

    Travelling to New York City for the General Assembly of the United Nations

    Hotel Theresa, Harlem, New York, U.S.
    Sep, 1960

    In September 1960, Castro flew to New York City for the General Assembly of the United Nations. Staying at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem, he met with journalists and anti-establishment figures like Malcolm X. He also met Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, with the two publicly condemning the poverty and racism faced by Americans in areas like Harlem. Relations between Castro and Khrushchev were warm; they led the applause to one another's speeches at the General Assembly.


  • New Delhi, India
    Wednesday Sep 7, 1960
    Indira Gandhi

    Her Husband Death

    New Delhi, India
    Wednesday Sep 7, 1960

    Her marriage lasted 18 years, until Feroze died of a heart attack in 1960.


  • New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    1960
    Pam Foreman Testroet

    Salute

    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    1960

    In 1960, Ruby Bridges was to pass the test that determined whether she could go to the all-white William Frantz Elementary School. As soon as Bridges entered the school, white parents pulled their own children out. That first day, Bridges and her mother spent the entire day in the principal's office; the chaos of the school prevented their moving to the classroom until the second day. And on the second day, in a case of humanity and courage, the father Lloyd entered the school with his five-year-old daughter Pam, through the angry mob, saying, "I simply want the privilege of taking my child to school ..." Several months later, other white parents began bringing their children, and the protests began to subside.


  • Vietnam
    Saturday Sep 10, 1960
    Ho Chi Minh

    Lê Duẩn was officially named Party Leader

    Vietnam
    Saturday Sep 10, 1960

    Lê Duẩn was officially named party leader in 1960, leaving Hồ to function in a secondary role as head of state and member of the Politburo. He nevertheless maintained considerable influence in the government.


  • Baghdad, Iraq
    Wednesday Sep 14, 1960
    1973 oil crisis

    Baghdad Conference

    Baghdad, Iraq
    Wednesday Sep 14, 1960

    The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), was founded by five oil-producing countries at a Baghdad conference on September 14, 1960. The five founding members of OPEC were Venezuela, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Kuwait.


  • France
    1960
    Yasunari Kawabata

    An Officer

    France
    1960

    Kawabata was appointed an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France in 1960.


  • Havana, Cuba
    Wednesday Sep 28, 1960
    Fidel Castro

    The Committees for the Defense of the Revolution

    Havana, Cuba
    Wednesday Sep 28, 1960

    In September 1960, they created the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), a nationwide civilian organization which implemented neighborhood spying to detect counter-revolutionary activities as well as organizing health and education campaigns, becoming a conduit for public complaints.


  • Venadillo, Colombia
    1960
    Pedro López (serial killer)

    López was assaulted by a teacher

    Venadillo, Colombia
    1960

    Lopez was molested by a teacher when he was 12, and he thus ran away once again. Lopez would eventually speak of wanting vengeance for his suffering as a child.


  • Cuba
    Thursday Oct 13, 1960
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The Start of an economic embargo

    Cuba
    Thursday Oct 13, 1960

    On 13 October 1960, the US government then prohibited the majority of exports to Cuba – the exceptions being medicines and certain foodstuffs – marking the start of an economic embargo.


  • U.S
    Thursday Oct 13, 1960
    Fidel Castro

    The U.S. Prohibited the Majority of Exports to Cuba

    U.S
    Thursday Oct 13, 1960

    On 13 October 1960, the U.S. prohibited the majority of exports to Cuba, initiating an economic embargo.


  • Cuba
    Friday Oct 14, 1960
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The Retaliation

    Cuba
    Friday Oct 14, 1960

    In retaliation, the Cuban National Institute for Agrarian Reform took control of 383 private-run businesses on 14 October, and on 25 October a further 166 US companies operating in Cuba had their premises seized and nationalized, including Coca-Cola and Sears Roebuck.


  • Cuba
    Friday Oct 14, 1960
    Fidel Castro

    The Retaliation

    Cuba
    Friday Oct 14, 1960

    In retaliation, the National Institute for Agrarian Reform INRA took control of 383 private-run businesses on 14 October.


  • Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
    1960
    Bank of America

    Commercial National Bank became North Carolina National Bank

    Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
    1960

    Two years later Commercial National Bank became North Carolina National Bank when it merged with the Security National Bank of Greensboro.


  • California, U.S.
    Friday Oct 21, 1960
    Neil Armstrong

    Resigning his Commission

    California, U.S.
    Friday Oct 21, 1960

    As a reservist, he continued to fly, with VF-724 at Naval Air Station Glenview in Illinois, and then, after moving to California, with VF-773 at Naval Air Station Los Alamitos. He remained in the reserve for eight years, before resigning his commission on October 21, 1960.


  • Cuba
    Tuesday Oct 25, 1960
    Fidel Castro

    U.S. Companies' Nationalization

    Cuba
    Tuesday Oct 25, 1960

    On 25 October a further 166 U.S. companies operating in Cuba had their premises seized and nationalized.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Oct 29, 1960
    Muhammad Ali Clay

    Professional debut

    U.S.
    Saturday Oct 29, 1960

    Clay made his professional debut on October 29, 1960, winning a six-round decision over Tunney Hunsaker.


  • Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Sunday Oct 30, 1960
    Diego Maradona

    Birth

    Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Sunday Oct 30, 1960

    Born Diego Armando Maradona in 30 October 1960, in Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina.


  • Cuba
    Monday Oct 31, 1960
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The CIA Fail

    Cuba
    Monday Oct 31, 1960

    By 31 October 1960, most guerrilla infiltrations and supply drops directed by the CIA into Cuba had failed, and developments of further guerrilla strategies were replaced by plans to mount an initial amphibious assault, with a minimum of 1,500 men. The election of John Kennedy as US President sped up preparations for the invasion; Kennedy reached out to Cuban exiles who supported Batista and hinted he was willing to bring Batista back to power in order to overthrow Castro.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1960
    Richard Nixon

    Losing the 1960 United States presidential election

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1960

    In 1960 Nixon launched his first campaign for President of the United States. He faced little opposition in the Republican primaries and chose former Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. as his running mate. His Democratic opponent was John F. Kennedy and the race remained close for the duration. Then a new political medium was introduced in the campaign: televised presidential debates. In the first of four such debates Nixon appeared pale, with a five o'clock shadow, in contrast to the photogenic Kennedy. Nixon's performance in the debate was perceived to be mediocre in the visual medium of television, though many people listening on the radio thought that Nixon had won. Nixon narrowly lost the election; Kennedy won the popular vote by only 112,827 votes (0.2 percent).


  • U.S.
    Nov, 1960
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    The cork in the bottle

    U.S.
    Nov, 1960

    After the election of November 1960, Eisenhower in a briefing with John F. Kennedy pointed out the communist threat in Southeast Asia as requiring prioritization in the next administration. Eisenhower told Kennedy he considered Laos "the cork in the bottle" with regard to the regional threat.


  • Webster, New York, U.S.
    1960
    Xerox

    Wilson Center for Research and Technology

    Webster, New York, U.S.
    1960

    In 1960, a xerography research facility called the Wilson Center for Research and Technology was opened in Webster, New York.


  • New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Monday Nov 14, 1960
    Ruby Bridges

    Judge J. Skelly Wright's court order for the first day of integrated schools in New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Monday Nov 14, 1960

    Judge J. Skelly Wright's court order for the first day of integrated schools in New Orleans on Monday, November 14, 1960, was commemorated by Norman Rockwell in the painting, The Problem We All Live With (published in Look magazine on January 14, 1964).


  • New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Monday Nov 14, 1960
    Ruby Bridges

    Barbara Henry

    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Monday Nov 14, 1960

    As soon as Bridges entered the school, white parents pulled their own children out; all the teachers except for one refused to teach while a black child was enrolled. Only one person agreed to teach Bridges and that was Barbara Henry, from Boston, Massachusetts, and for over a year Henry taught her alone, "as if she were teaching a whole class."


  • U.S.
    Friday Nov 18, 1960
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Telling President-elect John Kennedy about the outline plans

    U.S.
    Friday Nov 18, 1960

    On 18 November 1960, Allen Dulles and Richard Bissell first briefed President-elect John Kennedy on the outline plans. Having experience in actions such as the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, Dulles was confident that the CIA was capable of overthrowing the Cuban government.


  • New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Nov, 1960
    Ruby Bridges

    White parents began bringing their children

    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Nov, 1960

    That first day, Bridges and her mother spent the entire day in the principal's office; the chaos of the school prevented their moving to the classroom until the second day. On the second day, however, a white student broke the boycott and entered the school when a 34-year-old Methodist minister, Lloyd Anderson Foreman, walked his five-year-old daughter Pam through the angry mob, saying, "I simply want the privilege of taking my child to school ..." A few days later, other white parents began bringing their children, and the protests began to subside.


  • Hamburg, Germany
    Sunday Nov 20, 1960
    The Beatles

    Harrison's deportation

    Hamburg, Germany
    Sunday Nov 20, 1960

    When Koschmider learned they had been performing at the rival Top Ten Club in breach of their contract, he gave the band one month's termination notice,and reported the underage Harrison, who had obtained permission to stay in Hamburg by lying to the German authorities about his age. The authorities arranged for Harrison's deportation in late November.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 29, 1960
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The Chiefs' Meeting

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 29, 1960

    On 29 November 1960, President Eisenhower met with the chiefs of the CIA, Defense, State, and Treasury departments to discuss the new concept. None expressed any objections, and Eisenhower approved the plans with the intention of persuading John Kennedy of their merit. On 8 December 1960, Bissell presented outline plans to the "Special Group" while declining to commit details to written records.


  • Vietnam
    Dec, 1960
    Ho Chi Minh

    North Vietnam created the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam

    Vietnam
    Dec, 1960

    To counter the accusation that North Vietnam was violating the Geneva Accord, the independence of the Việt Cộng was stressed in Communist propaganda. North Vietnam created the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam in December 1960 as a "united front", or political branch of the Viet Cong intended to encourage the participation of non-Communists.


  • New Jersey, U.S.
    1960
    Laser

    Ali Javan, and William R. Bennett, and Donald Herriott, constructed the first gas laser

    New Jersey, U.S.
    1960

    Later that year, the Iranian physicist Ali Javan, and William R. Bennett, and Donald Herriott, constructed the first gas laser, using helium and neon that was capable of continuous operation in the infrared (U.S. Patent 3,149,290). later, Javan received the Albert Einstein Award in 1993. Basov and Javan proposed the semiconductor laser diode concept.


  • Algeria
    Saturday Dec 3, 1960
    Algerian War

    Secret Army Organization

    Algeria
    Saturday Dec 3, 1960

    The loss of many ultra leaders who were imprisoned or transferred to other areas did not deter the French Algeria militants. Sent to prison in Paris and then paroled, Lagaillarde fled to Spain. There, with another French army officer, Raoul Salan, who had entered clandestinely, and with Jean-Jacques Susini, he created the Organisation armée secrète (Secret Army Organization, OAS) on December 3, 1960, with the purpose of continuing the fight for French Algeria. Highly organized and well-armed, the OAS stepped up its terrorist activities, which were directed against both Algerians and pro-government French citizens, as the move toward negotiated settlement of the war and self-determination gained momentum.


  • Chicago, Illinois, United States
    1960
    Mamie Till

    Till graduation

    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    1960

    Till graduated from Chicago Teachers College in 1960 (now Chicago State University, 1971).


  • U.S.
    1960
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    December 1960 nor'easter

    U.S.
    1960

    The December 1960 nor'easter was a significant early-season winter storm that impacted the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States. Overall, the storm and subsequent cold snap were blamed for at least 286 deaths across a wide area, but primarily in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the New England states.


  • East Germany
    Saturday Dec 17, 1960
    Che Guevara

    A trade agreement in East Berlin

    East Germany
    Saturday Dec 17, 1960

    At the end of 1960 he visited Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, North Korea, Hungary and East Germany and signed, for instance, a trade agreement in East Berlin on December 17, 1960.


  • London, United Kingdom
    1960
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Elizabeth II attended Commonwealth Conference

    London, United Kingdom
    1960

    Queen Elizabeth II attended ​with several of her prime ministers and other Commonwealth of Nations leaders at the 1960 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference .


  • Vietnam
    1960
    Vietnam War

    Military Deaths In 1960

    Vietnam
    1960

    In 1960, 5 Americans and 2,223 Vietnamese were killed.


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