Events in 1960

133 notable events from 1960. Page 1 of 2.

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