Editing 1960 (section)

===October===
{{Main|October 1960}}
* [[October 1]] – [[Nigeria]] becomes independent from the United Kingdom, and [[Nnamdi Azikiwe]] becomes its first native-born [[Governor General]].
* [[October 3]] – [[Jânio Quadros]] is elected [[President of Brazil]], for a five-year term.
* [[October 7]] – [[Nigeria]] becomes the 99th member of the [[United Nations]].
* [[October 12]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Shoe-banging incident]] – Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] pounds his shoe on a desk at a meeting of the [[United Nations General Assembly]], his way of protesting the discussion of the [[Soviet Union]]'s policies toward Eastern Europe.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Thomas M.|last=Prymak|title=Cold War Clash, New York City, September-October 1960: Comrade Khrushchev vs 'Dief the Chief'|journal=[[International History Review]]|volume=45|year=2023|issue=1 |pages=134–51|doi=10.1080/07075332.2022.2116072 }}</ref>
* [[October 14]]
** [[President of the United States|Presidential]] candidate [[John F. Kennedy]] first suggests the idea for the [[Peace Corps]] of the United States.
** The Premier of [[New South Wales]] officially opens [[Warragamba Dam]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/water/visit/warragamba-dam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003030413/http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/water/visit/warragamba-dam|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 3, 2013|title=Warragamba Dam - Sydney Catchment Authority|date=October 3, 2013}}</ref> one of the world's largest domestic water supply dams.
* [[October 24]] – [[Nedelin catastrophe]]: A large [[rocket]] explodes on the launch pad at the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]], killing at least 92 people of the [[Soviet space program]].
* c. [[October 31]] – [[1960 North Indian Ocean cyclone season#Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Ten|Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Ten]] makes landfall in [[East Pakistan]], followed by a storm surge, just three weeks after a previous storm devastated the country.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=India Weather Review|author=India Meteorological Department|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|year=1960|access-date=2013-05-09|title=Annual Summary — Storms & Depressions: Severe cyclonic storm in the Bay of Bengal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cd024_pdf/005ED26A.pdf|pages=11–13}}</ref>