WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 1960
Find out what all happened April to August 1960

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

Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act). (4. July 1960)

Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt. (24. May 1960)

Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France. (15. August 1960)

Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2 – the Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants. (19. August 1960)

Independence of Somalia. (1. July 1960)

The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world. (23. June 1960)

France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan. (4. April 1960)

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

Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent from France. (7. August 1960)

The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth. (10. May 1960)

Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign. (19. April 1960)

New Zealand's first official television broadcast commences at 7.30 pm from Auckland. (1. June 1960)

Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro. (21. April 1960)

The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system. (13. April 1960)

Madagascar gains its independence from France. (26. June 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)

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

Congo gains independence from Belgium. (30. June 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)