January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
Day of death December 14, 1960
The temperature on December 14, 1960 was between -0.9 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 10.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
July 1 » Independence of Somalia.
September 14 » Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
Day of burial December 18, 1960
The average temperature on December 18, 1960 was -1.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
August 16 » Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
September 5 » Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal.
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.
November 9 » Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Company, the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he resigned to join the administration of newly elected John F. Kennedy.
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