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1960
Senegal
became independent from
France
on
4/4/1960
...
91800
Somalia
became independent from
on
7/1/1960
...
85282
Niger
became independent from
France
on
8/3/1960
...
90178
Chad
became independent from
France
on
8/11/1960
...
108975
Mali
became independent from
France
on
9/22/1960
...
135053
Nigeria
became independent from
United Kingdom
on
10/1/1960
...
85878
Donald Davies and Paul Baran, video games
invented
Packet switching
in
1960
...
310673
Malcolm X
met
Fidel Castro
in
1960
...
715205
Theodore Maiman, at Hughes Aircraft
invented
lasers
in
1960
...
308051
Yvonne Craig
married
Jimmy Boyd
in
1960
...
737818
Carlo Cassola
wrote
Bebos Girl
in
1960
...
286942
Charles Bukowski
wrote
Flower, Fist, and Bestial Wail
in
1960
...
-410767
Edna OBrien
wrote
The Country Girls
in
1960
...
339185
Isaac Bashevis Singer
wrote
The Magician of Lublin
in
1960
...
339628
John Updike
wrote
Rabbit, Run
in
1960
...
311662
Martin Walser
wrote
Halftime: A Novel
in
1960
...
303850
Nelle Harper Lee
wrote
To Kill a Mocking Bird
in
1960
...
340645
Ousmane Sembene
wrote
Gods Bits of Wood
in
1960
...
303628