On This Day In The 60s 1960 Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched. 1964 South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies. 1969 Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
1969 Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
