WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1960
Find out what all happened July to September 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)

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

USS George Washington a modified Skipjack class submarine successfully test fires the first ballistic missile while submerged. (16. July 1960)

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

The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal. (5. September 1960)

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

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

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

Nikita Khrushchev, leader of Soviet Union, disrupts a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly with a number of angry outbursts. (29. September 1960)

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

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

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

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)

Chad declares independence. (11. August 1960)

The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation. (22. September 1960)

Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union. (8. July 1960)