Facts and Events That Happened in This Year
The red robin was officially named Britain's National Bird.
First episode of Coronation Street airs.
The first Domino's Pizza opened in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey discovered a 1.4 million-year-old Homo erectus in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.
Paul McCartney and Pete Best were arrested.
Mirabal sisters assassinated by Trujillo regime.
Ruby Bridges became the first African American girl to take classes at an all-white school in Louisiana.
A chimpanzee was observed for the first time making and using tools.
The US government began its trade embargo against Cuba.
Nikita Khrushchev allegedly brandishes his shoe at the United Nations.
The American epic historical drama movie 'Spartacus' premiered in New York City.
Nigeria, Africa, gained its independence from British rule.
American animated sitcom 'The Flintstones,' which romanticized the Stone Age debuted on ABC.
Mali Federation becomes Mali.
Baghdad Conference Begins.
The First election of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile is held.
Senegal withdraws from the Mali Federation.
Sputnik 5 is launched by USSR.
The Soviets shot down the plane of an American CIA agent, and the pilot was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Gabon gains independence from the French.
Cyprus gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
The Republic of the Congo gains independence from France.
Central African Republic Gains its Independence From France.
First Two-Way Telephonic Conversation With a Satellite.
Chad gains its independence from the French.
The Ivory Coast gains independence from France.
Burkina Faso gains independence from France
Niger gains its independence from France.
John F. Kennedy was nominated as a presidential candidate by the US Democrats.
Harper Lee's book 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
The FDA approved the first oral contraceptive pill called Enovid.
Alfred Hitchcock's movie Psycho is premiered.
The comedy movie 'The Apartment' was released in New York, US.
Turkish President Celâl Bayar was removed from office by a military coup.
The most violent earthquake in recorded history hits Chile.
Theodore Maiman fires the first functional laser.
An atomic submarine circumnavigated the globe.
The United States became the first country to legalize a birth control pill.
United States President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
Brazil founded the city of BrasÃlia and made it the nation's new capital city.
The world's first satellite navigation system, Transit 1-B, was successfully launched from the US.
NASA publicly announced the names of the first 7 American astronauts.
The TIROS satellite transmitted the first-ever TV picture from space.
Stanley Kramer became the first person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes was granted the first patent for a laser.
South African police officers opened fire on a group of peaceful protestors, killing 69 people.
The leaders of Germany and Israel confer for the first time.
NASA launched the Pioneer 5 space probe from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Alberto Korda takes his famous picture of revolutionary Che Guevara.
The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago.
