WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1960
Find out what all happened January to November 1960

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet. (10. September 1960)

Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (11. July 1960)

Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes after a bird strike on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 of 72 on board. (4. October 1960)

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded. (14. September 1960)

Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union. (25. June 1960)

The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties. (30. January 1960)

Decolonization: Gabon gains independence from France. (17. August 1960)

At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals. (4. November 1960)

China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket. (19. February 1960)

Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after twelve years of dictatorial rule. (26. April 1960)

The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established. (14. January 1960)

Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship. (27. April 1960)

Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as America's most prolific serial killer, commits his first known murder. (11. January 1960)

The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records. (25. January 1960)

At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. (15. April 1960)

The Central African Republic declares independence from France. (13. August 1960)

Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its Head of state. (1. July 1960)

Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students are arrested, and the Free Speech Movement is born. (13. May 1960)

Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution. (14. September 1960)

Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years. (18. January 1960)