The temperature on September 14, 1960 was between 14.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
January 21 » Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
March 17 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
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