The temperature on August 8, 1960 was between 11.7 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
September 10 » At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
Day of death August 10, 1960
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
January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
January 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
Day of burial August 12, 1960
The temperature on August 12, 1960 was between 9.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
February 26 » A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
September 2 » The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
October 29 » An airplane carrying the Cal Poly football team crashes on takeoff in Toledo, Ohio.
November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
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