| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| May 12 1960 | Armstrong Gibbs Died |
| May 01 1960 | Maharashtra Day, Founding India's Gujarat And Maharashtra |
| May 01 1960 | Powers' Spyplane Shot Down Over Soviet Union |
| May 03 1960 | The Fantasticks Opens In Greenwich Village |
| May 03 1960 | Anne Frank House Museum Opens |
| May 03 1960 | European Free Trade Association Is Established |
| May 06 1960 | Margaret And Anthony Wedding Televised First |
| May 07 1960 | 1960: Khrushchev Detains American U2 Pilot |
| May 09 1960 | Food And Drug, Approve Birth Control |
| May 10 1960 | First Underwater Sub USS Triton Completes Mission |
| May 11 1960 | Israeli Mossad Agents Capture Fugitive Nazi |
| May 13 1960 | The Free Speech Movement Is Born |
| May 15 1960 | The Soviet Union Launches Sputnik 4 |
| May 16 1960 | Maiman Operates New Laser In California |
| May 22 1960 | 9.5 Earthquake Hits Southern Chile |
| May 24 1960 | Cordón Caulle Erupts In 1960 |
| May 27 1960 | Turkish President Celal Bayar Removed By Military |