•1960
•January
2 - Senator John
F Kennedy, announces his
candidacy for the US Presidency
•January
9 - Building of Aswan dam in Egypt,
begins
•January 14 - US Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant
•February 20 - Jimi
Hendrix, rock and roll
guitarist, plays his first gig.
•March
22 - First patent for lasers
granted to
Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes
•April
10 - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
•April
21 - Brasilia becomes
capital of Brazil
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•1990
•January
7 – The
Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to public due to safety concerns.
•January 31 –
Cold War: The first
McDonald's in Moscow, Russia
opens.
•February 11 – Nelson
Mandela released from Victor
Verster Prison, near Cape Town
•February 13 – German reunification: two-stage plan
to reunite Germany agreed.
•March 15 – Mikhail
Gorbachev is elected first
executive president of the Soviet Union.
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