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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
1960 was a leap year ... the worst air disaster in Jamaica's history ... May 6 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 ...
May 6 – John Flansburgh, rock musician (They Might Be Giants) May 7 – Adam Bernstein, music video/television director; May 8 – Eric Brittingham, rock bassist; May 9 – Tony Gwynn, baseball player (d. 2014) May 10 – Dean Heller, U.S. Senator from Nevada since 2011 to 2019; May 14 – Steve Williams, professional wrestler (d. 2009) May 20
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On May 4–6, 1960, a large tornado outbreak sequence affected parts of the Midwestern and Southern United States. [nb 2] The severe weather event produced at least 71 confirmed tornadoes, including five violent tornadoes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami (Spanish: Terremoto de Valdivia) or the Great Chilean earthquake (Gran terremoto de Chile) occurred on 22 May 1960.Most studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale, [1] while some studies have placed the magnitude lower than 9.4.
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