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June 20, 1960: Mali Federation becomes independent
June 26, 1960: Malagasy Republic becomes independent
June 13, 1960: Japanese 2-man sub I-18 raised from Pearl Harbor after 18 years
June 26, 1960: Somali Republic becomes independent
June 30, 1960: Congo (Leopoldville) becomes independent

The following events occurred in June 1960:

June 1, 1960 (Wednesday)

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June 2, 1960 (Thursday)

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June 3, 1960 (Friday)

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June 3, 1960: Sega Corporation established

June 4, 1960 (Saturday)

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  • Articles 85 and 86 of the Constitution of France were amended to permit former territories to attain complete independence and to remain as members of the French Community. The decision did not save the Community, which had only six members—Gabon, Congo, Chad, the CAR, the Malagasy Republic and France—left by 1962.[12]
  • Born: Bradley Walsh, English comedian and actor; in Watford, Hertfordshire
  • Died: Józef Haller, 87, Polish military leader

June 5, 1960 (Sunday)

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June 5, 1960: Police investigating the tent on the scene of the Bodom murders

June 6, 1960 (Monday)

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June 7, 1960 (Tuesday)

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June 8, 1960 (Wednesday)

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Dr. Neto

June 9, 1960 (Thursday)

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June 10, 1960 (Friday)

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  • All 31 people aboard Aeroflot Flight 207 were killed in the Soviet Union on an Ilyushin 14P that had departed Rostov in the Russian SFSR with four scheduled stops and a final destination of Tbilisi in the Georgian SSR, after takeoff from Sochi (in Russia) on a short flight to Kutaisi (in Georgia), and impacted at Mount Rech in the Caucasus Mountains.[34]
  • Later in the day, Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashed into the ocean off of Mackay, Queensland, while making its approach from Brisbane, killing all 29 people.[35] The crash of the Fokker F-27 remains the worst loss of life in a civilian air crash in Australia; a 1943 crash of a B-17 bomber killed 40 people.
  • In Tokyo, U.S. President Eisenhower's Press Secretary, James C. Hagerty, appointments secretary Thomas E. Stephens, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Douglas MacArthur II had their car surrounded by an angry mob, and were trapped inside for an hour and a half before a U.S. Marine helicopter rescued them. Eisenhower set off on his tour of the Far East the next day and refused to postpone his trip to Japan.[36]
  • June 10, 1960, had been the scheduled date for President Eisenhower to arrive in Moscow to begin a tour of the Soviet Union, but the plans were cancelled in May 1960 following the U-2 Incident.

June 11, 1960 (Saturday)

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June 12, 1960 (Sunday)

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  • Elections began in Lebanon, and for the first time, the secret ballot was made available to voters, a reform implemented after the 1957 elections were tainted with fraud.[40] Voting for the 99 member parliament, which reserved 55 seats for Christians and 44 for Moslems, was conducted over four Sundays. Saeb Salam, leader of the Phalangists (Kataeb Party), became Prime Minister in August.

June 13, 1960 (Monday)

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June 14, 1960 (Tuesday)

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June 15, 1960 (Wednesday)

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  • Thousands of protesters in Japan, angry over Japan's ratification of the security treaty with the United States, stormed into the parliament building and clashed with police. One female student, Michiko Kanba, was killed, and more than 600 students were injured. Nationwide an estimated 5.8 million people participated in demonstrations.[43] U.S. President Eisenhower cancelled a planned (June 19) visit to Tokyo at the request of Japan's Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.[6]
  • A heat burst occurred near the resort of Lake Whitney, Texas, shortly after midnight, followed by a windstorm. Despite later claims that, from 80 degrees, the temperature rose to nearly 140 °F",[44] contemporary accounts at the time reported a peak of 95°.[45]
  • The eight-month-long strike by the Writers Guild of America ended with a settlement that the writers would later regret, with the right to residuals on old films being given up in return for health and pension benefits.[46]
  • BC Ferries, the second largest ferry operator in the world, started service with two ships, the M.V. Tsawwassen and the M.V. Sidney, operating between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay.[47]
  • TIROS-1, launched on April 1 as the first weather satellite, stopped transmitting.

June 16, 1960 (Thursday)

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June 17, 1960 (Friday)

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June 18, 1960 (Saturday)

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June 19, 1960 (Sunday)

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  • In Moscow, KGB Chairman Aleksandr Shelepin secretly delivered a report to Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, warning that, according to KGB sources in the U.S., "the chiefs at the Pentagon are hoping to launch a preventive war against the Soviet Union". Relying on the unconfirmed report, Khrushchev publicly stated 10 days later that the Soviets would use their own missiles if the U.S. attempted to invade Cuba.[58]
  • On his tour of the Far East, U.S. President Eisenhower encountered his first hostile reception, while visiting the island of Okinawa. A crowd of 1,500 protesters demonstrated in favor of the island's return from U.S. administration to Japan.[6]
  • Peñarol, the champion of Uruguay's soccer football league, won the first Copa Libertadores of South America, playing a 1 to 1 draw against Paraguayan champion Club Olimpia in Asunción, a week after a 1 to 0 win over Olimpia in Montevideo. With the award of the cup (now referred to as the Copa Libertadores) based upon the aggregate score, Peñarol had an overall 2 to 1 score against Club Olimpia. As the winner, it advanced to a two-game match against the European Cup champion (Real Madrid of Spain) in the first Intercontinental Cup.
  • The Charlotte Motor Speedway opened in Concord, North Carolina, and hosted the first World 600 NASCAR race. Joe Lee Johnson won the first running of the 600.[59]
  • Died:

June 20, 1960 (Monday)

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  • The Mali Federation, created in 1959 by a merger of the French Sudan and Senegal, was granted independence by France. Modibo Keïta was head of the Federation, and Léopold Sédar Senghor was Speaker of the National Assembly.[64] The Federation existed for two months, until Senegal (led by Senghor) seceded on August 20. The former French Sudan then became the Republic of Mali, with Keita as its president.
  • At New York's Polo Grounds, a crowd of 31,892 watched Floyd Patterson become the first person to regain the world heavyweight boxing championship. In the fifth round, Patterson knocked out champion Ingemar Johansson with a powerful left hook that left the Swedish boxer unconscious for ten minutes. Johansson then walked out under his own power.[65]
  • Crewed tests of the Mercury environmental control system began. The subjects were clothed in pressure suits and subjected to postlanding conditions for 12 hours without serious physiological effects.[8]
  • Nan Winton became the first national female newsreader on BBC television.
  • Died:

June 21, 1960 (Tuesday)

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June 22, 1960 (Wednesday)

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Lesage

June 23, 1960 (Thursday)

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Kishi
  • On the day that the unpopular U.S.-Japan Security Treaty went into effect, Japan's Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi announced his resignation. Kishi was replaced by Ikeda Hayato.[74]
  • Rival Congolese leaders Joseph Kasavubu and Patrice Lumumba agreed to share power, with Kasavubu to become the former Belgian colony's first President, and Lumumba to become the nation's first Prime Minister.[75]
  • Enovid, the first FDA approved contraceptive drug, became available in pill form at pharmacies throughout the United States.[76]
  • Wilber Hardee founded his fast food chain, Hardee's. He opened his first namesake restaurant in Greenville, North Carolina, on September 3.

June 24, 1960 (Friday)

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June 24, 1960: Car explodes in Paseo Los Próceres, Caracas, during the attempted assassination of Romulo Betancourt

June 25, 1960 (Saturday)

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June 26, 1960 (Sunday)

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June 27, 1960 (Monday)

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  • Typhoon Olive struck the Philippines, killing 104 people and leaving more than 500 missing.[6]
  • Chlorophyll "A" was first synthesized, at Harvard University by Robert Burns Woodward.[85] Woodward would receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1965.[86]
  • Best Seller, the last new daytime radio soap opera, premiered on the CBS Radio Network. It would be cancelled after five months, along with all other CBS Radio daytime programs, on November 25.[87]
  • Disarmament discussions in Paris came to an end when the Soviet Union and its allies withdrew from further talks. Talking resumed in March 1962.[88]
  • Jamaican and British soldiers and policemen arrested 100 members of the First Africa Corps, a Rastafarian group, ending its influence in Jamaica.[89]
  • "Project Orbit" was established as a complement in the U.S. to the Mercury spacecraft reliability program, with one production spacecraft to be withdrawn from operation for extensive testing of vacuum, heat, and vibration conditions. This test series was later designated [8]
  • Born: Michael Mayer, American theatre director; in Bethesda, Maryland[90][91][failed verification]
  • Died:

June 28, 1960 (Tuesday)

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June 29, 1960 (Wednesday)

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June 30, 1960 (Thursday)

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