January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
Day of death October 5, 1960
The temperature on October 5, 1960 was between 12.6 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
January 14 » The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
January 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
May 24 » Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
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