The temperature on November 28, 1960 was between 0.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 9 » Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
April 15 » At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
September 8 » In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
December 13 » While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaims him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
Day of burial November 30, 1960
The temperature on November 30, 1960 was between 6.7 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
July 20 » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USSGeorge Washington, for the first time.
August 3 » Niger gains independence from France.
October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
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