April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
Day of death January 24, 1960
The temperature on January 24, 1960 was between 9.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
April 13 » The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
August 13 » The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
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