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1960 fue un año bisiesto comenzado en viernes según el calendario gregoriano. También se le conoce como el " año de África " debido a acontecimientos, en particular la independencia de diecisiete naciones africanas, que centraron la atención mundial en el continente e intensificaron los sentimientos de panafricanismo .
En los años 1960 se asiste a los momentos de mayor conflicto político entre los bloques formados por Estados Unidos y la Unión Soviética, en la llamada Guerra Fría, que surgió al término de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
1960 Major News Events in History. OPEC ( Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ) is formed. Soviet missile shoots down the US U2 spy plane. The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers are going to be sent to Vietnam. Construction on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt began.
1960 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.
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May 25, 2010 · The 1960s History. By: History.com Editors. Updated: June 26, 2020 | Original: May 25, 2010. copy page link. Print Page. Getty Images. The 1960s started off as the dawn of a golden age to most...
1960 – Tony Hoare announces the Quicksort algorithm, the most common sorter on computers. 1961 – Unimate , the first industrial robot , was introduced. 1962 – First transatlantic satellite broadcast via the Telstar satellite.
July 22 – Vincent Massey becomes the first Canadian to receive the Royal Victorian Chain. July 25–27 – The first First Ministers conference is held. August 10 – The Canadian Bill of Rights is given royal assent. September – York University 's first class begins learning.
1965. La marcha de Selma a Montgomery, Alabama, liderada por Martin Luther King Jr., se lleva a cabo para protestar por la discriminación en el derecho al voto. Los Estados Unidos envían tropas a Vietnam para luchar en la guerra de Vietnam.
