The temperature on August 17, 1960 was between 7.6 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 6 » National Airlines Flight 2511 is destroyed in mid-air by a bomb, while en route from New York City to Miami.
February 16 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSTriton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
June 30 » Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
July 1 » Independence of Somalia.
September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
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