Sirimavo Bandaranaike becomes world's first female PM
1960 · Event
The Sri Lankan leader becomes the first woman ever elected head of government.
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- The Feminine Mystique published (1963)
- Susan B. Anthony (1820)
- Rosa Parks (1913)
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- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Korean War (1950)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)