March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of death September 20, 1960
The temperature on September 20, 1960 was between 11.7 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The almost completely overcast 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.
February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
September 2 » The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
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