1 January: Oodnadatta, South Australia, recorded the highest temperature ever recorded, at 50.7 degrees celsius, in the shade.
2 January: Prominent Union State Senator John F Kennedy announces his candidacy to contest Huey Long in the 1960 election.
6 January: In the Kingdom of Mashriq, a law was passed by the King that allows various political parties to register and participate in elections.
10 January: With partly Japanese funding, construction of the Aswan Dam has begun.
15 January: The first ever televised Anime,
Three Tales, airs on NHK in Japan.
30 January: Simone de Beauvoir criticized the mishandling of the Sudan war for the first time, this is the first public criticism from a major public figure in Communard Politics.
1 February: Greensboro Sit-ins. In Greensboro, North Carolina, 4 Black Students from the
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University began a sit-in in a woolworths on the white section. The event triggered massive nonviolent protests all across America.
3 February: In the Union of Britain, Prime Minister Clement Attlee announces that he will not be running for reelection, most observers point out that Harold Wilson is the next likely candidate to lead the country.
5 February: The First CERN Particle Accelerator becomes operational in Geneva, Switzerland.
9 February:
Adolph Coors III, Chairman of the Coors Brewing Company, was kidnapped and held at ransom. He was later found murdered, his captor, Joseph Corbett Jr, is indicted of the crime.
11 February: Colombian and Amazonian troops clashed in the Colombian Amazon, 2 Amazonian and 3 Colombian troops were killed.
29 February: The
Agadir Earthquake. A 5.7 Earthquake shook Agadir, Morocco, killing 12.000 people and leaving 12.000 more injured.
3 March: An agreement between Japan, Egypt, Sudan and Somalia was reached, allowing the formation of permanent Japanese military bases in Port Sudan, Djibouti, Alexandria, and Omdurman.
10 March: Michi Nishiura, a prominent member of the Diet, has announced her intention to run for the Office of the Prime Minister.
21 March: The
Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa results in more than 69 dead, 300 injured.
28 March: The 5th Eurovision Song Contest,
Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer won 1st place.
1 April: The first ever of the '
Proposal C' Carriers, the Izumi. Begins seaworthiness trials today, the next 4 carriers would be named the Mutsu, Nagato, Kaga, and Akagi.
- Japan launches it's first weather satellite.
- The 1960 Japanese census was conducted, and there are a total of 148,823,156 Japanese people, of various nationalities, living in Japan today.
4 April: Elvis Presley's '
Are you Lonesome Tonight?' is recorded for the first time.
9 April: Gunman David Pratt shoots South African Prime Minister
Hendrik Verwoerd in Johannesburg, killing him. Investigators would later reveal that he is aided by Syndicalist Spy Agencies in his assassination.
13 April: The
Blue Streak IRBM project enters mass production.
21 April: The number of European Refugees in Japan formally reaches 2 Million people, this includes the children of Europeans who were born in Japan.
1 May: French SAM systems almost shot down a Nakajima
SA-1 High Altitude Spy Plane. The IJAF was forced to rethink it's doctrine around aerial reconnaissance on enemy territory.
3 May: The
European Free Trade Association, formed by the only 2 Non-Syndicalist European countries, Denmark and Ireland, was established. Finland, a Co-Prosperity Sphere member state, joined the EFTA a couple months later.
4 May: Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare approves the world's first contraceptive pill into circulation.
10 May: The I-505 successfully conducts a circumnavigation of the world underwater.
12 May: The Incident in Damascus. A Syrian police officer stumbled into a Syndicalist Spy Network of French, English, Iberian, German, and Italian agents. Overhearing a drunk discussion, he followed 3 British spies into their hideout before a gun battle began. All Syndicalist Spies were captured by Syrian authorities, and intelligence of Syndicalist operations all over the Middle East were unraveled.
18 May: The Bavarian Commune launches it's first satellite into space, with heavy assistance from French and British Space Agencies.
20 May: Simone de Beauvoir demands early elections in the Commune of France, citing Daniel Guérin's inability to handle the Sudan Crisis as a key issue, the recent Incident in Damascus is also a major sticking point for her.
22 May:
The Valdivia Earthquake, a 9.4-9.6 Earthquake destroys Chile, around 1000 to 6000 Chileans were killed during the disaster, it was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
27 May: A failed military coup in Turkey leads to a massive purge of the service, led by the Turkish President Cêlal Bayar.
1 June: New Zealand's first television station begins broadcasting, in the city of Auckland.
3 June: The second Carrefour opens in Chambéry, France.
5 June: The
Lake Bodom Murders occur in Finland.
9 June: Typhoon Mary kills 1600 people in China.
13 June: An Ainu College Student in Tokyo University was found murdered by off-duty Police Officers in what was suspected as an incident of Police Brutality. The woman, named Resunotek, stumbled into 2 police officers drunk near an Izakaya. She was allegedly groped at, and when she attempted self defense, was killed by the two officers. She was one of the few ethnic minority students, and only 1 out of 10 Ainu students studying at Tokyo U.
15 June: Violent demonstrations in Tokyo University result in 182 arrests, 589 injuries. After the death of Resunotek, Tokyo U Students demanded the firing of the two police officers, and the subsequent clash injured many students.
19 June: The
Associated Broadcasting Company, (later named TV5), airs in the Philippines.
22 June: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches its first reconnaissance Satellite, the Advanced Space Research Satellite, or
ASRS-1, into orbit. It became the first satellite of Japanese make to reach a Geostationary orbit above both the Commune of France and Union of Britain.
28 June: King Bhumipol Adulyadej arrives in Havana for a 2 week visit of Cuba, Haiti and Puerto Rico.
1 July: Kwame Nkrumah was elected on a Social Democratic Platform in the Gold Coast.
- Canadian Mirage fighter Jets clashed with American F-105 Delta Daggers in what would be known as the Battle of the Northern Rockies. 4 Delta Daggers and 5 Mirages in total were shot down.
- Insulindian Elections, a tough election battle between Soekarno and Muhammad Hatta resulted in Hatta's victory. With the rather controversial support of the Murba party, Muhammad Hatta vowed to guide Insulindia into a new age of 'Syndicalist-Democratic Governance'
4 July: On American Independence Day. The 'Heroes of the Rockies' were paraded down Pennsylvania avenue, they would later be the Superstars of the American Air Force, touring the country and participated in enlistment campaigns for the Air Force.
10 July: Rikken Minseito Conference, Shigeru Yoshida is nominated as the party's candidate for the Japanese elections.
11 July: Famous Japanese author
Kenzaburo Oe published The Foreign Girl of Takao. The story explores the experiences of Japanese ethnic minorities as they struggle to deal with authority figures that may or may not understand nor care about the needs or necessities of the Taiwanese Native woman. It became an instant hit with the Japanese audience due to the publication's proximity with the Tokyo U protests. The author would later reveal that while the Incident in Tokyo U is an inspiration, it is his time in rural Taiwan, and witnessing the struggles of native Taiwanese as his primary inspiration.
14 July: Shakai Taishuto Conference, the Conference of the Shakai Taishuto, held in the city of Hiroshima, confirmed the nomination of Michi Nishiura as the Party's candidate.
25 July: Syrian Elections. Naziq Al Abid's Society Party won the election with 65% of the votes, securing her rule for 5 more years.
- The Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina serves a meal to it's first Black Customer.
July 29-38: The America First Party's national convention in Philadelphia descended into Chaos, as both supporters of John F Kennedy and Huey Long clashed on the streets, both Huey Long and John F Kennedy agreed to 'split' the party for the purposes of this election. Kennedy would lead the America First Party's left faction, while Huey Long would lead the center faction.
12 August: The meeting in Bandung, prominent Insulindian General Soeharto met up with Soekarno and other military officials. Discussions on overthrowing the recently elected Insulindian government was brought up multiple times, but no solid agreement was achieved.
16 August:
Joseph Kittinger parachutes off of a Balloon over New Mexico at an altitude of 102,000 feet. He became the first American and first human in the world to conduct a Space Dive, and reach the fastest speed a human being could achieve without mechanical or chemical assistance. He survived the ordeal uninjured.
25 August: The 1960 Spartakiade was held in Athens, Greece. This Spartakiade was the first time member countries of the Syndietern invited non Syndietern members to compete, Japan and the American Union State sends it's Athletes to the event.
26 August: Michi Nishiura and Shigeru Yoshida participated in the first televised debate in Japan's history, the first of its kind in the world. Nishiura and Yoshida sparred on topics such as the recent spat in Tokyo U, The handling of Typhoon relief funds, ethnic minority rights, and the future of European refugees.
1 September: The Yang dipertuan agung of Malaya, Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah of Selangor, dies in office. He is replaced by Tuanku Syed Putra, Raja of Perlis.
5 September: Muhammad Ali (then named Cassius Clay) won the American Union State a gold medal in the 1960 Spartakiade, in the category of Light-Heavyweight Boxing.
8 September: In Huntsville, Alabama. Huey Long formally dedicates the
Marshall Space Flight Center.
9 September: The first regular season game of the American Football League (a rival to the NFL) takes place in Boston. The Denver Broncos defeated the Boston Patriots, 13-10
10 September: Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia wins the gold medal in Marathon. he became the first Sub-Saharan African person to win a gold medal in the Spartakiade.
14 September: The Nile Mutual Security Treaty, signed by Eritrea, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia, was brought into force, it is a mutual security pact guaranteeing that an attack on one member state is an attack on all member states.
26 September: John F Kennedy and Huey Long participated in the first Televised Presidential Debate in American History, and second televised debate of such kind in the world.
30 September: The Flintstones airs it's first episode on ABC.
1 October: Japanese elections, Shigeru Yoshida's party narrowly wins the Diet. With only 51% of the seats captured. Michi NIshiura's campaign successfully increased the Taishuto presence with 46% of the seats, the last 3% went to the Kakushinto, and for the first time in history, the Seiyukai was completely ejected from the Diet.
5 October: After the chaos of Hendrik Verwoerd's assassination, South Africans elected Balthazar Johannes Vorster into office, he vowed to 'fight syndicalist sentiments all across Southern Africa', putting his country into tension with Angola and Mozambique, themselves Syndicalist countries.
7 October: Nigeria was admitted into the United Nations, becoming the organisation's 99th member.
12 October: Inejiro Asanuma, member of the Shakai Taishuto, barely avoided assassination by Otoya Yamaguchi, a far right Japanese ultranationalist,
the picture of his assassination attempt became famous worldwide.
13 October: The third John F Kennedy - Huey Long debate takes place.
14 October: The
Warragamba Dam was opened in New South Wales, one of the world's largest domestic water supply dams.
26 October: Robert F Kennedy telephones Coretta Scott King, and secures Dr Martin Luther King's release from prison for a traffic violation.
30 October: The first ever successful Kidney Transplant was carried out at the
People's Hospital of Edinburgh, Union of Britain.
8 November: 1960 American Union State Presidential Election, John F Kennedy manages to win a majority of votes. 50.4% compared to Huey Long's 49.6%. Kennedy would become the second youngest man to serve the office of American President.
10 November: Edith Piaf's "
Non, je ne regrette rien" is released in France.
15 November: The first ever ICBM test was conducted by the American Union State. At Cape Canaveral, Florida.
1 December: "The Statement of Interest" was co-signed by representatives of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Ivory Coast and Gold Coast. It states that these countries are interested to become formal members of the Co-Prosperity Sphere. Both Communard and American reaction was severe, but the stipulation of common defense in the statement prevented outright war between the AUS, the Syndietern, and the signatory countries.
5 December:
Boynton v Virginia, the Union State Supreme Court ruled that segregation in Public Transport is illegal in the country.
8 December: Mary Martin's Peter Pan is presented as a standalone 2 hour special on NBC. American Union State
11 December: The Wizard of Oz was aired once again on CBS, starting the tradition of reruns in American Television.
12 December: The Union State Supreme Court rules that Louisiana's racial segregation laws are unconstitutional, overturning segregation in Huey Long's home state. Huey Long makes no comment.
16 December: New York mid-air collision. Two United Airlines flight collided midair, all passengers aboard the flight were killed.
27 December: In Reggane, Algeria. France conducted it's first test of a Hydrogen Bomb.
31 December: The last day that the
farthing, a coin minted in England throughout the 13th century, was declared legal tender in the Union of Britain.