1,400 Cuban exiles failed to overthrow Fidel Castro after landing in the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.
The world's first person visited space.
The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins.
The 23rd Amendment was ratified, allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote in US elections.
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 9 was launched into orbit.
President John F. Kennedy founded the Peace Corps.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
Sabena Flight 458 crashed, killing the entire US Figure Skating team.
A chimpanzee named Ham became the first primate to go to space aboard the US MR-2 spacecraft.
Elvis Presley reached number one in the UK charts with 'Are You Lonesome Tonight?'
A B-52 bomber carrying two nuclear bombs broke up mid-air over North Carolina.
Patrice Lumumba is murdered with support from western governments.
The United States broke diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
The red robin was officially named Britain's National Bird.
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.
Mirabal sisters assassinated by Trujillo regime.
Ruby Bridges became the first African American girl to take classes at an all-white school in Louisiana.
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.
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.
The FDA approved the first oral contraceptive pill called Enovid.
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.
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 Brasília 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.
South African police officers opened fire on a group of peaceful protestors, killing 69 people.
