The temperature on August 10, 1960 was between 10.4 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 13.1 mm of rain during 11.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 29 » The 5.7Mw Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
October 29 » In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.
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