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The 1960s (pronounced "nineteen-sixties", shortened to the "' 60s" or the "Sixties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1960, and ended on December 31, 1969. [1]While the achievements of humans being launched into space, orbiting Earth, perform spacewalk and walking on the Moon extended exploration, the Sixties are known as the "countercultural decade" in the United States and other Western ...
1960 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.
The following events in Roman Britain take place in AD 60 or 61: Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, Roman governor of Britain, captures the island of Mona , the last stronghold of the Druids. [1] [2] Prasutagus, king of the Iceni (modern East Anglia), dies leaving a will which passes his kingdom to his two daughters and the Roman Empire. The Roman army ...
These records would stand unbeaten for over 60 years. August 17 – The trial of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Moscow. August 18 – United States president Dwight Eisenhower is briefed on the Congo crisis at a meeting with the U.S. National Security Council, and asks whether the U.S. "can't get rid of this guy" (Patrice Lumumba). [2]
1970 – The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria surrendered to the federal government less than three years after declaring independence, ending the Nigerian Civil War. 2018 – In the " Minneapolis Miracle ", American football player Stefon Diggs caught a 61-yard (56 m) touchdown pass that secured the Minnesota Vikings ...
Four 6-year old Black girls, "first of their race to attend white public schools in New Orleans since the days of the Reconstruction". [60] The other three students enrolled at McDonough Elementary, were enrolled at two elementary schools in the area.
In the Summer Olympics, Wilma Rudolph, who had overcome childhood polio, won the women's 100 meter dash with a time of 11.0 seconds. Although faster than the world record of 11.3, Rudolph's mark was not official because the wind had been blowing faster than 2.0 m/s.
16 April – The Times of London abandons use of the term "Imperial and Foreign News", replacing it with "Overseas News" and changes its house style from "to-day" to "today". 17 April – American rock and roll singer Eddie Cochran , 21, is killed in a car crash in Wiltshire .