WHAT HAPPENED IN 1960.
Look what happened the 1960.

Niger gains independence from France. (3. August 1960)

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

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

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

South Kasai secedes from the Congo. (8. August 1960)

Chad declares independence. (11. August 1960)

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day. (2. September 1960)

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

In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1). (8. 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)