WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1960
Find out what all happened June to September 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)

Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded. (12. July 1960)

The boxer Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) is awarded the gold medal for his first place in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome. (5. September 1960)

Cold War: in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage. (19. August 1960)

Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched. (12. August 1960)

The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland. (26. June 1960)

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

Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government. (20. July 1960)

Fidel Castro announces Cuba's support for the U.S.S.R. (26. September 1960)

Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan. (1. August 1960)

Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France. (1. August 1960)

Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild. (14. July 1960)

Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations. (18. September 1960)

Madagascar gains its independence from France. (26. June 1960)

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

USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. (24. September 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)

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

Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft. (16. August 1960)

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States. (11. July 1960)