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1960 was a leap year ... It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of ... Irish Jesuit priest, famous for his ...
USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) steams under Golden Gate Bridge, 16 November 1960. November 8 – 1960 United States presidential election: In a close race, Democratic U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy is elected over Republican U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon, becoming (at 43) the youngest man elected president.
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 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
Events from the year 1960 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents. Monarch – Elizabeth II; ... 7 October – The second notable flood occurs in Horncastle, ...
Events from the year 1960 in Canada. Ann Heggtveit displays her gold medal for slalom skiing, 1960 Winter Olympics. Incumbents. Crown. Monarch – Elizabeth II [1]
1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; Subcategories. This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total. 0–9. 1960 events by month (19 C) 1961 ...
October 1960 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P) November 1960 events in the United States (4 C, 39 P) December 1960 events in the United States (1 C, 4 P)