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.
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Agadir, Morocco, wiped out a third of the city's population.
The Family Circus Comic Strip by Bill Keane debuted.
France became the fourth nuclear-capable nation following its successful Gerboise Bleue atomic test.
The first 8 stars are added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Queen Elizabeth II announced that the Royal family is called Windsor, while her offspring are named Mountbatten-Windsor.
Four black students start the Greensboro sit-ins.
The 'Trieste' dives to a record depth of 10,911 metres (35,797 ft).
Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy gave a speech announcing that he was running for US President.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the document that laid out the rights of children around the world.
Adventures of Asterix was first published in the French magazine 'Pilote.'
Guggenheim Museum opens in New York City.
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 allowed the world to look at the far side of the moon for the first time.
Typhoon Vera struck Japan with winds exceeding 160 miles per hour.
Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth's orbit.
The Luna 2 spacecraft by the Soviet Union became the first human-made artifact to land on the moon's surface.
The Soviet Union's Luna 2 space probe became the first spacecraft to reach the moon's surface.
Hawaii becomes 50th state.
