February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
Day of death January 11, 1960
The temperature on January 11, 1960 was between -8.1 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
July 11 » France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger.
August 11 » Chad declares independence.
August 19 » Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
November 11 » A military coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam is crushed.
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