The following lists events that happened during

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

Savang Vatthana Sisavang Vatthana ( lo, ພຣະບາທສົມເດັຈພຣະເຈົ້າມະຫາຊີວິຕສີສວ່າງວັດທະນາ) or sometimes Savang Vatthana (full title: Samdach Brhat Chao Mavattaha Sri Vitha Lan X ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

: ** until 7 January: Sounthone Pathammavong ** 7 January-3 June: Kou Abhay ** 3 June-15 August:

Somsanith Vongkotrattana Prince Somsanith Vongkotrattana ( lo, ເຈົ້າສົມສນິດ ວົງກົຕຣັຕນະ; 19 April 1913 – 1975)Stuart-Fox, Martin; ''Historical Dictionary of Laos;'' Plymouth UK ²2008, was the Prime Minister of Laos in 1 ...

** 15 August-30 August: vacant ** 30 August-13 December:

Souvanna Phouma Prince Souvanna Phouma (; 7 October 1901 – 10 January 1984) was the leader of the neutralist faction and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos several times (1951–1954, 1956–1958, 1960, and 1962–1975). Early life Souvanna Phouma was the s ...

** starting 13 December: Boun Oum

Events

April

*24 April - 1960 Laotian parliamentary election

August

*10 August - 1960 Laotian coups:

Kong Le Captain (later Major General) Kong Le ( Lao: ກອງແລ; 6 March 1934 – 17 January 2014) was a paratrooper in the Royal Lao Army. He led the premier unit of the Royal Lao Army, ''2ème bataillon de parachutistes'' (Parachute Battalion 2), ...

's coup

December

*13-16 December - Battle of Vientiane

References

{{Year in Asia, 1960 1960s in Laos Years of the 20th century in Laos