February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
Day of death January 19, 1960
The temperature on January 19, 1960 was between 1.9 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
September 8 » In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
September 10 » At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
September 22 » The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
September 26 » In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
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