Muhammad Ali is awarded the gold medal for the light heavyweight at the Olympic Games in Rome.
Tag: 1960
1 August 1960
Dahomey declares independence from France. The country later changes its name to Benin.
21 March 1960
The Massacre in Sharpeville, South Africa were Police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding a further…
10 September 1960
At the Rome 1960 Summer Olympics the Ethiopian, Abebe Bikila wins a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet. Abebe Bikila’s victory at the…
1 February 1960
Four black students carry out the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.