The temperature on May 31, 1960 was between 4.4 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 13 » Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
July 21 » Sirimavo Bandaranaike is elected Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, becoming the world's first female head of government
November 3 » The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.
Day of death April 6, 1965
The temperature on April 6, 1965 was between 5.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
April 4 » The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled.
April 6 » Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
July 25 » Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
July 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
August 29 » The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
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