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The following events occurred in August 1960: ==August 1, 1960 (Monday)== *The Republic of Dahomey, formerly part of French West Africa, became independent, with Hubert Maga as its first President.〔"New African Nation Born", ''Arizona Republic'' (Phoenix), August 1, 1960, p4〕 〔"Chronology August 1960", ''The World Almanac and book of facts, 1961'' (New York World-Telegram, 1960), pp178–182〕 In 1975, it would change its name to the Republic of Benin. *At a dinner at the Swiss Embassy in Beijing, Communist Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai proposed negotiating a peace treaty with the United States, to create "a non-nuclear zone in Asia and the Western Pacific" region. A press officer for the U.S. State Department rejected the idea as "another meaningless propaganda gesture".〔 *Typhoon Shirley struck Taiwan, killing 126 people.〔 *Died: Eldon Edwards, 51, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan 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「August 1960」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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