World Events

Posted in 1960

  • South Africa: Police open fire on black African demonstrators protesting against Pass Laws which require them to carry identity cards at all times - 63 are killed and more than 360 injured in Sharpeville and Langa townships. The massacre draws the world's attention to the brutalities of apartheid.
  • Development of the laser.
  • Stamp acknowledging the international agreement on AntarcticaInternational agreement to reserve Antarctica for scientific research.
  • US property in Cuba is seized and Cuba becomes aligned with Communist powers.
  • John F Kennedy is the youngest man ever elected as President of the USA.
  • An earthquake collapses the Moroccan city of Agadir, followed seconds later by a tidal wave and then fires as the waters recede. More than 1,000 people are killed and 40,000 left homeless.

Antarctica