WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1960
Find out what all happened July to August 1960

South Kasai secedes from the Congo. (8. 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)

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

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

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

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

The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time. (20. July 1960)

Independence of Somalia. (1. July 1960)

Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence. (20. August 1960)

Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union. (8. July 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)

Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation. (6. August 1960)

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

Chad declares independence. (11. August 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)

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)

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

Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France. (5. August 1960)

Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom. (16. August 1960)