1960
ID: 417
Erdős develops extremal graph theory, studying how large structures must appear in graphs
ID: 417
1960
ID: 1757
Francis Gary Powers U-2 shot down over USSR - Same base where Oswald served
ID: 1757
1960
ID: 1758
Adolf Eichmann captured in Buenos Aires, revealing extent of Nazi escape networks
ID: 1758
1960
ID: 1759
NASA establishes Marshall Space Flight Center; von Braun becomes director with 118 German scientists
ID: 1759
1960
ID: 1760
Computer technology begins automating bookkeeping tasks - transforming accounting profession
ID: 1760
1960
ID: 1761
Stephen Smale develops systematic differential topology - Foundation for chaos theory
ID: 1761
1960
ID: 1762
The first birth control pill becomes commercially available
ID: 1762
1960
ID: 1763
Expanded polystyrene (Styrofoam) insulation begins widespread use in construction
ID: 1763
1960
ID: 1764
Dr. Justus Ström questions universal vaccination due to 'increasingly mild nature of disease'
ID: 1764
1960
ID: 1765
England/Wales: Measles notification only 2.4%, mortality 0.030%
ID: 1765
1960
ID: 1766
Conners and Eisenberg conduct Ritalin trial at Johns Hopkins; CIBA slides $5,000 check for 'further studies'
ID: 1766
1960
ID: 1767
Bella Dodd speech: 'I, MYSELF, PUT SOME 1,200 MEN IN CATHOLIC SEMINARIES'
ID: 1767
1960
ID: 4313
CDC delivers 1604 designed by Seymour Cray - first commercially successful fully transistorized computer
ID: 4313
1960
ID: 4415
ALGOL 60 Report published - introduces block structure, lexical scoping, BNF notation, most influential language never widely used
ID: 4415
1960
ID: 4491
Eugene Wigner writes 'The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences'
ID: 4491
1960
ID: 4569
Irving Reed and Gustave Solomon develop Reed-Solomon codes - used in CDs, QR codes, space communication
ID: 4569
1960
ID: 4575
Alexander Grothendieck introduces scheme theory - complete reconstruction of algebraic geometry
ID: 4575