February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
Day of death February 19, 1960
The temperature on February 19, 1960 was between -1.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
May 24 » Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
August 6 » Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
August 13 » The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
September 5 » Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
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