January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
Day of death July 7, 1960
The temperature on July 7, 1960 was between 13.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
November 2 » Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
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