February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
Day of death December 26, 1960
The temperature on December 26, 1960 was between 4.2 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
July 8 » Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
July 28 » The German Volkswagen Act came into force.
September 8 » In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
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.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
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