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The following events occurred in April, 1960. ==April 1, 1960 (Friday)== *The United States launched the first weather satellite, the 270 pound TIROS-1, from Cape Canaveral at EST. The name was an acronym for Television Infra-Red Observation Satellite.〔"Chronology—April 1960", ''The World Almanac and book of fact 1961'' pp164–168〕〔"U.S. Puts Weather Satellite in Orbit", ''Oakland Tribune'', April 1, 1960, p1〕 The same evening, satellite weather photos were introduced to the world, on television, for the first time. Taken from an altitude of 450 miles, the pictures of cloud cover confirmed the spiral pattern of winds in a storm.〔"Space TV Spots Storm in Midwest—Scores Fabulous 'First'", ''The Independent'' (Long Beach, CA), April 2, 1960, p1〕 *The 1960 United States Census began. Officially, there were 179,323,175 United States residents on that day.〔(census results )〕 *R Griggs & Co. began the production of Dr. Martens boots under licence in the UK. Known as style 1460, the original product is still in production today.〔Margo DeMello, ''Feet and Footwear: A Cultural Encyclopedia'' (ABC-CLIO, 2009), p98; (Hutchinson Encyclopedia )〕 *Died: Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, 64, the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, died in office. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「April 1960」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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