Deaths on August 10

Hamide Ayşe Sultan

Died on August 10, 1960

Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1887)

Ayşe Sultan (Turkish: Hamide Ayşe Sultan; Ottoman Turkish: حمیدہ عائشه سلطان; 31 October 1887 – 10 August 1960) was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Müşfika Kadın.

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Events on 1960

17 Mar

Bay of Pigs Invasion
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
21 Apr

Rio de Janeiro
Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
9 May

Combined oral contraceptive pill
The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
4 Jul

Flag of the United States
Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).
29 Oct

Muhammad Ali
In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight.

Deaths on August 10

Hamide Ayşe Sultan

Died on August 10, 1960

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Events on 1960

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Rio de Janeiro

Combined oral contraceptive pill

Flag of the United States

Muhammad Ali