The temperature on December 20, 1960 was between 1.6 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
August 7 » Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
October 1 » Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
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