May 1960Month of 1960 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The following events occurred in May 1960: 1960 January February March April May June July August September October November December More information Su, Mo ... << May 1960 >> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 01020304050607 08091011121314 15161718192021 22232425262728 293031 Close May 1, 1960: USSR shoots down American U-2 spy plane and captures USAF spy pilot Francis Gary Powers alive May 22, 1960: Earthquake strikes Chile, triggers tsunamis and aftershocks that kill over 5,000 people in Chile, U.S., and Japan May 16, 1960: Physicist Theodore Maiman makes successful test of the first laser
The following events occurred in May 1960: 1960 January February March April May June July August September October November December More information Su, Mo ... << May 1960 >> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 01020304050607 08091011121314 15161718192021 22232425262728 293031 Close May 1, 1960: USSR shoots down American U-2 spy plane and captures USAF spy pilot Francis Gary Powers alive May 22, 1960: Earthquake strikes Chile, triggers tsunamis and aftershocks that kill over 5,000 people in Chile, U.S., and Japan May 16, 1960: Physicist Theodore Maiman makes successful test of the first laser