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August 1 - Benin become independent from France, under the name Dahomey.
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August 5 - Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) declares independence from France.
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August 6 - Cuban Revolution: In response to a United States embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
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August 6 - In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Albert Kalonji declares the independence of the Autonomous State of South Kasai.
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August 7 - Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
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August 11 - Chad becomes independent.
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August 13 - Central African Republic becomes independent.
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August 15 - Congo-Brazzaville becomes independent.
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August 16 - Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,333 m). He sets unbeaten (as of 2005) world records for: high-altitude jump; free-fall by falling 16 miles (25.7 km) before opening his parachute; and fastest speed by a human without motorized assistance, 982 km/h (614 mi/h).
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August 16 - Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
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August 17 - The newly named Beatles begin a forty-eight night residency at the Indra Club in Hamburg, West Germany.
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August 17 - Gabon gains independence from France.
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August 17 - The trial of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Moscow.
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# August 19 - Cold War: In Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
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ust 19 - Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 5, with the dogs Belka and Strelka (Russian for "Squirrel" and "Little Arrow"), 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants. The spacecraft returns to earth the next day and all animals are recovered safely.
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August 20 - Senegal breaks away from the Mali Federation, declaring independence.
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# August 25 - The 1960 Summer Olympics are open in Rome.
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August 25 - The USS Seadragon (SSN-584) surfaces at the North Pole, where the crew plays softball.
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August 29 - Hurricane Donna kills 50 in Florida and New England.
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September 1 - Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah, Sultan of Selangor and 2nd Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, dies in office. He is replaced by Tuanku Syed Putra, Raja of Perlis.
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September 1 - Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the company's history (the event lasts 2 days).
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September 5 - 1960 Summer Olympics: Cassius Clay wins the gold medal in boxing.
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September 5 - Congo president Joseph Kasavubu fires Patrice Lumumba's government and places him under house arrest.
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September 8 - In Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (which NASA had already activated on July 1).
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September 14 - Colonel Joseph Mobutu takes power in Congo in a military coup.
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lol just passed post 420.
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man this thread nearly has 500.
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September 14 - Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC.
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September 22 - Mali, sole remaining member of the Mali Federation following the withdrawal of Senegal a month earlier, declares full independence as the Republic of Mali.
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September 26 - The 2 leading U.S. presidential candidates, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy, participate in the first televised presidential debate.
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October 1 - Nigeria gains independence; Nnamdi Azikiwe is the first native Governor General.
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October 3 - Jânio Quadros is elected president of Brazil for a 5-year term.
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October 5 - White South Africans vote to make the country a republic.
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October 12 - Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a table at a United Nations General Assembly meeting, to protest at the discussion of Soviet Union policy toward Eastern Europe.
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October 12 - Otoya Yamaguchi assassinates Inejiro Asanuma, chairman of the Japanese Socialist Party.
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October 14 - U.S. presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggests the idea for the Peace Corps.
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Killer Queen by Queen is what I'm listening to
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October 24 - A rocket explodes in the Baikonur Space Center during fueling, killing 91.
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October 26 - Robert F. Kennedy calls Coretta Scott King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, and secures his release from jail on a traffic violation in Atlanta, Georgia.
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October 29 - In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.
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October 30 - Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom, at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
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November 2 - Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
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November 8 - United States presidential election, 1960: In a close race, John F. Kennedy is elected over Richard M. Nixon, becoming the youngest (43) man elected to that office.
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November 13 - Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt.
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November 14 - Belgium threatens to leave the United Nations over criticism of its Congo policy.
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# November 14 - A collision between two trains in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia kills 117 people.
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November 15 - The Polaris missile is test-launched.
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November 22 - The United Nations supports the government of Joseph Kasavubu and Joseph Mobutu in Congo.
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November 24 - Wilt Chamberlain makes 55 rebounds
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November 28 - Mauritania becomes independent of France.
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November 30 - Production of the DeSoto automobile brand ceases.
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The DeSoto (sometimes De Soto) was a brand of automobile based in the United States, manufactured and marketed by the Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to 1961. The DeSoto logo featured a stylized image of Hernando de Soto.
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less than 20 till epic milestone.
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December 1 - Patrice Lumumba, the deposed premier of the Congo, is arrested by troops of Colonel Joseph Mobutu.
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December 1 - A 5-ton Soviet spacecraft containing animals, insects and plants is launched into orbit; it burns up upon re-entry.
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December 2 - The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, talks with Pope John XXIII for about an hour in the Vatican. It is the first time in more than 500 years that a head of the Anglican Church had visited the Pope.
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December 2 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the use of $1M for the relief and resettlement of Cuban refugees, who have been arriving in Florida at the rate of 1,000 a week.
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December 4 - The admission to the United Nations of Mauritania is vetoed by the USSR.
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December 5 - Pierre Lagaillarde, who led 1958 and 1960 insurrections in Algeria, fails to appear in a Paris court. He has reportedly fled with 4 fellow defendants to Spain en route to Algeria.
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December 7 - The United Nations Security Council is called into session by the Soviet Union, to consider Soviet demands that the U.N. seek the immediate release of former Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba.
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December 9 - French President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is marked by bloody riots by European and Muslim mobs in Algeria's largest cities, killing 127 people.
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December 9 - First Episode of long-running drama Coronation Street airs. It was originally planned to be a 16-part drama but became such a success that it is still running 5 times or more per week.
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December 12 - The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a Federal Court ruling that Louisiana's segregation laws are unconstitutional.
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99,998......................
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100,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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Originally Posted by jakncoke
100,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
good job :D
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lol you have 460 posts in here in a matter of few hours and i have 16....
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Originally Posted by jakncoke
August 20 - Senegal breaks away from the Mali Federation, declaring independence.
My birthday........
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Originally Posted by Trunks
My birthday........
Lol aren't you lucky? XP
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Originally Posted by Yuuki
Lol aren't you lucky? XP
Very lucky. It's reassuring to know that we declared Independence on the same day and month as I was born
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Originally Posted by Trunks
Very lucky. It's reassuring to know that we declared Independence on the same day and month as I was born
You're from Senegal?
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Originally Posted by LemonRising
You're from Senegal?
yes lol
Jak is like the only person who posted in this thread
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