February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
Day of death November 29, 1960
The temperature on November 29, 1960 was between 3.8 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
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.
July 4 » Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
August 16 » Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
November 11 » A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.
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