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The following events occurred in July 1960: ==July 1, 1960 (Friday)== *Ghana became a republic, with Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah as its first President. Formerly, the Earl of Listowel had served on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II as Governor-General of Ghana.〔Yuri Smertin, ''Kwame Nkrumah'' (International Publishers, 1987), pp67–69〕 *A Soviet MiG fighter north of Murmansk in the Barents Sea shot down a 6-man RB-47. Two United States Air Force officers, First Lts. John R. McKone and Freeman B. Olmstead, survived and were imprisoned in Moscow's Lubyanka prison. The Soviets announced the capture of the men ten days later.〔"Chronology July 1960", ''The World Almanac and book of facts, 1961'' (New York World-Telegram, 1960), pp175–178〕〔 The men were finally released on January 25, 1961. *Italian Somaliland gained its independence from Italy, five days after British Somaliland, and merged into the Somali Republic. Aden Abdullah Othman, leader of the Italian Somaliland legislature, was elected President, and Abdirashid Ali Shermake became Prime Minister.〔I. William Zartman, ''Government and Politics in Northern Africa'' (Methuen, 1964), p164〕 *In Canada, Status Indians were given the right to vote. 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「July 1960」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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