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South Korea in 1960

Historical records for South Korea in 1960, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

4Records
4Events
2Named people
1Places
2Categories

Historical records

March

March 1960President of South KoreaSyngman Rhee

Government / Government of South Korea

Appointed President of the Republic of Korea, 4th term

April

April 1960ElectionSyngman Rhee

Government / Government of South Korea

Resigns afte alleged election irregularities

April 1960Resignation of Syngman RheeSyngman Rhee

Government / Government of South Korea

Resigns afte alleged election irregularities

Other Events

1960MOS Field-Effect TransistorDawon Kahng

Murray Hill · Science / Technology

With Mohamed Atalla, demonstrates the first successful metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, controlling electron flow with an insulated gate.

Names involved

Dawon KahngSyngman Rhee

Places involved

Murray Hill

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.