Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.

Muhammad Ali is awarded the gold medal for the light heavyweight at the Olympic Games in Rome.

The St. Gotthard Tunnel opens in Switzerland. It is the world’s longest highway tunnel at 16.224 km.

The British Navy is repelled by the French Navy during the battle of the Chesapeake in the American Revolutionary War

Pan Am Flight 73  is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.