What Happened in May 1960

American U-2 Spy Plane is Shot Down Over the Soviet Union

On May 1, 1960, thirteen days before the scheduled opening of an East–West summit conference in Paris, a U.S. Lockheed U-2A spy plane, 56-6693,... Read more

Anne Frank House Opens on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam

The Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank, who hid from... Read more

The FDA announces it will approve Enovid 10mg the first contraceptive pill

Margaret Sanger, totally unaware that her lifelong dream had become reality, spent the day at her home outside Tucson, Ariz. Since 1914 she had... Read more

Bono (Paul David Hewson) born in Dublin, Ireland

Bono was born in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland, and was raised there with his brother, Norman Hewson, by their mother Iris (née Rankin), a Church of... Read more

The Quarry Men become The Silver Beats

The well-known British impresario Larry Parnes is looking for musicians and backing acts for his "stars", including, for example, Billy Fury, and... Read more

Valdivia Earthquake of 1960

The 1960 Valdivia earthquake or Great Chilean Earthquake of 22 May, 1960 is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded, rating 9.5 on the moment... Read more