The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is launched.
Tag: 1960
1 December 1960
Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested in Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
14 September 1960
With the help of the CIA, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup in the Congo, suspending parliament and the constitution.
10 September 1960
Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics, winning the marathon running in barefeet.
5 September 1960
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
24 October 1960
A R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the USSR’s Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility. 100 people are killed.