11 events found for 1960
Brasília, a planned city primarily designed by architect and urban planner Lúcio Costa, was officially inaugurated, repl
The Sibley Commission issued their final report, urging the government of the U
The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 pe
The Netherlands Carillon was inaugurated in Arlington, Virginia, on the 15th anniversary of Dutch Liberation Day
Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev announced that the Soviet Union was holding American pilot Francis Gary Powers, whose spy pl
American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, registering approximately 9
Psycho, a psychological horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock (pictured) and based on a novel of the same name by Rob
The Mali Federation gained independence from France, but dissolved into Mali and Senegal two months later