April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of death April 24, 1960
The temperature on April 24, 1960 was between 2.3 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
July 12 » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
July 20 » Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
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