March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
Day of death March 9, 1960
The temperature on March 9, 1960 was between -2.8 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
February 26 » A New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
April 4 » France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
May 3 » The Anne Frank House museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
May 24 » Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
August 20 » Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
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