133 notable events from 1960 — air crashes, murders and wars. Page 1 of 2.
- The Troubles
1960s–1998 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- 1960 Valdivia earthquake
May 21, 1960 · Chile · Earthquake
- Henry Lee Lucas
Jan 1, 1960–Jan 1, 1983 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Blue boy trial
1960s · Japan · Crime & justice
- Congo Crisis
Jun 1, 1960–Nov 1, 1966 · DR Congo · War & armed conflict
- 1960 U-2 incident
May 1, 1960 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Franklin Delano Floyd
Jan 1, 1960–Jan 1, 1994 · Murder & homicide
- Nedelin catastrophe
Oct 24, 1960 · Kazakhstan · Bombing & explosion
- Sharpeville massacre
Mar 21, 1960 · South Africa · Massacre
- Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma
Oct 12, 1960 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Lake Bodom murders
Jun 5, 1960 · Finland · Murder & homicide
- Adolf Eichmann's capture
May 1960 · Argentina · Kidnapping & hostage
- 1960 New York mid-air collision
Dec 16, 1960 · United States · Aviation accident
- Victor Feguer
Jul 11, 1960 · Murder & homicide
- Shoe-banging incident
Oct 12, 1960 · War & armed conflict
- 1960 Turkish coup d'état
May 27, 1960 · Türkiye · War & armed conflict
- Tanigawa suspended body recovery operation
Sep 1960 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Gerboise Bleue (nuclear test)
Feb 13, 1960 · Algeria · War & armed conflict
- April Revolution
Apr 19, 1960 · South Korea · Riot & unrest
- 1960 Agadir earthquake
Feb 29, 1960 · Morocco · Earthquake
- Operation Damocles
1960s · Egypt · Scandal & controversy
- Kidnapping and murder of Masaki
May 1, 1960 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Chester Weger
Mar 14, 1960 · Murder & homicide
- Years of Lead (Morocco)
1960s–2000s · Morocco · Terrorism
- Hammersmith nude murders
1960s · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Ghetto riots (1964–1969)
1960s · United States · Riot & unrest
- Jackal of Nahueltoro
Aug 20, 1960 · Massacre
- Murder of Irene Garza
Apr 1960 · United States · Murder & homicide
- La Coubre explosion
Mar 4, 1960 · Cuba · Bombing & explosion
- Dirty war
Jan 1, 1960 · Paraguay · War & armed conflict
- 1960 RB-47 shootdown incident
Jul 1, 1960 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- New Orleans school desegregation crisis
Nov 14, 1960 · United States · Crisis
- Raymond Eugene Brown
Jan 1, 1960–Jan 1, 1987 · United States · Murder & homicide
- National Airlines Flight 2511
Jan 6, 1960 · United States · Terrorism
- 1960 Munich C-131 crash
Dec 17, 1960 · Germany · Aviation accident
- Missing children of Pirmasens
Nov 25, 1960 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- 1960 Ethiopian coup attempt
Dec 13, 1960 · Ethiopia · War & armed conflict
- Reggio Emilia massacre
Jul 7, 1960 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Northwest Airlines Flight 710
Mar 17, 1960 · United States · Aviation accident
- 300 million yen separate arrest case
1960s · Japan · Crime & justice
- Coalbrook mining disaster
Jan 21, 1960 · South Africa · Industrial & structural disaster
- December 1960 protests in Algeria
Dec 11, 1960–Dec 21, 1960 · Algeria · Riot & unrest
- Barricade Week
Jan 24, 1960 · Algeria · War & armed conflict
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 375
Oct 4, 1960 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1960 Concepción earthquakes
May 21, 1960 · Chile · Earthquake
- Niemba ambush
Nov 8, 1960 · DR Congo · War & armed conflict
- All Nippon Airways Flight 25 (1960)
Mar 16, 1960 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Éric Peugeot affair
Apr 12, 1960 · France · Crime & justice
- Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538
Jun 10, 1960 · Australia · Aviation accident
- Klaus Gosmann
Jan 1, 1960–Jan 1, 1965 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- California Polytechnic State University football team plane crash
Oct 29, 1960 · United States · Aviation accident
- Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871
Jan 19, 1960 · Türkiye · Aviation accident
- 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt
Nov 11, 1960 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- James Squillante
Sep 23, 1960 · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Theo Mastwijk
Jan 1, 1960 · Netherlands · Murder & homicide
- Austrian Airlines Flight 901
Sep 26, 1960 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Yawata Iron & Steel Case
1960s · Japan · Crime & justice
- Avianca Flight 671
Jan 21, 1960 · Jamaica · Aviation accident
- Mining accident in Zwickau 1969
Feb 22, 1960 · Germany · Industrial & structural disaster
- 1960 Leipzig train wreck
May 15, 1960 · Germany · Rail accident
- Attempted assassination of Rómulo Betancourt
Jun 24, 1960 · Panama · Murder & homicide
- 1960 Force Publique mutinies
Jul 1960 · DR Congo · War & armed conflict
- Francis Forsyth
Jun 25, 1960 · Murder & homicide
- André Pauletto
Dec 18, 1960–Oct 20, 1977 · Murder & homicide
- 1960 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision
Feb 25, 1960 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Cheapside Street whisky bond fire
Mar 28, 1960 · United Kingdom · Fire
- Invasion of South Kasai
Aug 23, 1960–Sep 23, 1960 · DR Congo · War & armed conflict
- Alitalia Flight 618
Feb 26, 1960 · Ireland · Aviation accident
- Mirages affair
1960s · Switzerland · Scandal & controversy
- Capital Airlines Flight 20
Jan 18, 1960 · United States · Aviation accident
- Air France Flight 343
Aug 29, 1960 · Senegal · Aviation accident
- Yokohama kayoshow crowd crush accident
Mar 2, 1960 · Japan · Stampede & crowd crush
- La Coubre
Mar 4, 1960 · Cuba · Maritime disaster
- Bushu Railway corruption scandal
1960s · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Toyo Electric color television case
1960s · Japan · Crime & justice
- Ax Handle Saturday
Aug 27, 1960 · United States · Crime & justice
- Macario Alcalá Canchola
Jan 1, 1960–Jan 1, 1962 · Mexico · Murder & homicide
- Aeroflot Flight 315 (1960)
Feb 26, 1960 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- Richard Delage
Jan 1, 1960–Jan 1, 1969 · Murder & homicide
- 1960 Salvadoran coup d'état
Oct 26, 1960 · El Salvador · War & armed conflict
- World Airways Flight 830
Sep 19, 1960 · Guam · Aviation accident
- Chicago Helicopter Airways Flight 698
Jul 27, 1960 · United States · Aviation accident
- Matikhrü Massacre
Sep 6, 1960 · India · Massacre
- Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly black mist scandal
1960s · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Yūkan Wakayama Jiji incident
1960s · Japan · Crime & justice
- Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11
Jul 14, 1960 · Philippines · Aviation accident
- Stéblová train disaster
Nov 14, 1960 · Czechia · Rail accident
- 1960 Danish football air crash
Jul 16, 1960 · Sweden · Aviation accident
- Aeroflot Flight 036
Aug 17, 1960 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- Real Transportes Aéreos Flight 435
Jun 24, 1960 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Mueda massacre
Jun 16, 1960 · Tanzania · Massacre
- Milton Verdi case
Aug 29, 1960 · Paraguay · Disappearance
- Vockerode power plant aircraft accident
Jul 22, 1960 · Germany · Aviation accident
- Vienna-Döbling tram disaster
Aug 2, 1960 · Austria · Rail accident
- Aeroflot Flight 207
Jun 10, 1960 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Goreswar massacre
Jul 3, 1960 · India · Massacre
- East House mass shooting
Jan 1, 1960 · United Kingdom · Shooting
- Dennis Whitney
Feb 12, 1960–Mar 5, 1960 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Settle rail crash
Jan 21, 1960 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Comodoro Rivadavia rail disaster (1960)
Jul 12, 1960 · Argentina · Rail accident