The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time.
Tag: 1960
24 September 1960
USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
14 July 1960
Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.
21 January 1960
Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 peopl [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avianca_Flight_671′]
15 December 1960
Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate USA President-Elect John F. Kennedy. In November of 1960, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President of the…
7 August 1960
The Ivory Coast gets its independence from France. IVORY COAST – August 7. A referendum in 1958 resulted in the Ivory Coast becoming an autonomous…
16 August 1960
Cyprus is given its independence from the United Kingdom. Cyprus gained independence from the United Kingdom on August 16, 1960, but the agreements that led…
4 March 1960
The French ship La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba. Over 100 are killed. The French freighter La Coubre exploded in the harbor of Havana, Cuba,…
24 September 1960
The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is launched.