Editing 1960 (section)

===December===
{{Main|December 1960}}
* [[December]] – The African and [[Madagascar|Malagasy]] Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OAMCE – Organisation Africain et Malagache de Coopération Économique) is established.
* [[December 1]]
** [[Patrice Lumumba]], deposed premier of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Republic of the Congo]], is arrested by the troops of [[Colonel]] [[Joseph Mobutu]].
** A [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Korabl-Sputnik 3|satellite]] containing live animals (dogs [[Soviet space dogs#Pchyolka and Mushka|Pcholka and Mushka]]) and plants is launched into orbit. Due to a malfunction, it burns up during [[atmospheric re-entry|re-entry]].
**Striking coal miners at the [[Miike Coal Mine]] in Japan return to work, ending the unprecedented 312-day-long [[Miike Struggle]].<ref name=Kapur137>{{Cite book|last=Kapur|first=Nick|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Re5hDwAAQBAJ|title=Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2018|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=137|isbn=9780674988484}}</ref>
* [[December 2]] – U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] authorizes the use of $1.0&nbsp;million for the relief and resettlement of [[Cubans|Cuban]] [[refugee]]s, who have been arriving in [[Florida]] at the rate of about 1,000 per week.
* [[December 4]] – The admission of [[Mauritania]] to the [[United Nations]] is vetoed by the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[December 7]] – The [[United Nations Security Council]] is called into session by the [[Soviet Union]], in order to consider Soviet demands for the Security Council to seek the immediate release of former [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese Premier]] [[Patrice Lumumba]].
* [[December 8]] – For the first time, [[Mary Martin]]'s ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]'' is presented as a stand-alone 2-hour special on [[NBC]] television in the United States, instead of as part of an anthology series. This version, rather than being presented live, is shown on [[videotape]], enabling NBC to repeat it as often as they wish without having to restage it. Although nearly all of the adult actors repeat their original [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] roles, all of the original children have, ironically, outgrown their roles and are replaced by new actors.
* [[December 9]] – French President [[Charles de Gaulle]]'s visit to [[Algeria]] is bloodied by European and Muslim rioters in Algeria's largest cities. These riots cause 127 deaths.
* [[December 13]]
** [[1960 Ethiopian coup attempt]]: While Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] of [[Ethiopia]] visits Brazil, his [[Kebur Zabagna]] (Imperial Bodyguard) leads a military coup against his rule, proclaiming that the emperor's son, [[Crown Prince]] [[Amha Selassie|Asfaw Wossen Taffari]], is the new emperor.
** The countries of [[El Salvador]], [[Guatemala]], [[Honduras]], and [[Nicaragua]] announce the formation of the [[Central American Common Market]].
** The U.S. Navy's Commander Leroy Heath (pilot) and Lieutenant Larry Monroe (bombardier/navigator) establish a world flight-altitude record of {{convert|91,450|ft|m}}, with [[payload]], in an [[A-5 Vigilante]] [[bomber]] carrying {{convert|1000|kg|lb|order=flip|abbr=on}}, and better the previous world record by over {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}}.
* [[December 14]]
** [[Antoine Gizenga]] proclaims in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] that he has taken over as the country's premier.
** [[Tied Test#First tied Test, 1960|The first tied test]] is held by the [[West Indian cricket team in Australia in 1960–61|West Indian cricket team in Australia]] in [[Brisbane]].
* [[December 15]]
** King [[Mahendra of Nepal]] deposes the democratic government in his country and takes direct control himself.
** King [[Baudouin of Belgium]] marries Doña [[Fabiola de Mora y Aragón]].
* [[December 16]]
** [[U.S. Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Christian Herter]] announces that the United States will commit five [[nuclear submarine]]s and eighty [[Polaris missiles]] to the defense of the [[NATO]] countries by the end of 1963.
** [[1960 New York mid-air collision|New York mid-air collision]]: A [[United Airlines|United Air Lines]] [[DC-8]] collides in mid-air with a [[TWA]] [[Lockheed Constellation]] over [[Staten Island]] in New York City. All 128 passengers and crewmembers on the two airliners, and six people on the ground, are killed.
* [[December 17]] – Troops loyal to Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] in [[Ethiopia]] overcome the [[1960 Ethiopian coup attempt|coup]] that began on December 13, returning the reins to the Emperor upon his return from a trip to Brazil. The Emperor absolves his own son of any guilt.
* [[December 19]] – Fire sweeps through the [[USS Constellation (CV-64)|USS ''Constellation'']], to become the U.S. Navy's largest [[aircraft carrier]], while she is under construction at the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]]; killing 50 workers and injuring 150.
* [[December 23]] – Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called the "[[oven homicide]]" case in Krootila, [[Kokemäki]], [[Finland]].<ref>Hannes Markkula: ''Kuusi suomalaista murhaa''. ([[Gummerus]], 1997) {{ISBN|951-20-5081-1}} (in Finnish)</ref>