The temperature on April 28, 1960 was between 3.0 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 21 » A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
July 12 » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
Day of death May 9, 1960
The temperature on May 9, 1960 was between 9.3 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
May 6 » More than 20million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
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.
November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
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