WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1960
Find out what all happened March to September 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)

Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship. (27. April 1960)

The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system. (13. April 1960)

Mali and Senegal join the United Nations. (28. September 1960)

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

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

In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. (26. September 1960)

USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. (24. September 1960)

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

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

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

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

An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded. (22. May 1960)

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe. (25. April 1960)

The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba killing 100. (4. March 1960)

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

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

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

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