The temperature on December 24, 1960 was between -0.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
January 24 » Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
February 8 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
June 23 » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
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