The temperature on September 24, 1960 was between 9.0 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
August 3 » Niger gains independence from France.
September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
Day of burial September 28, 1960
The temperature on September 28, 1960 was between 3.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
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.
February 29 » The 5.7Mw Agadir earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
July 1 » Independence of Somalia.
October 4 » An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.
December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.
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