14th Dalai Lama Flees Tibet for India – March 30, 1959

USS Barbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail. Date: June 8, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Organization of American States Drafts Inter-American Development Bank Agreement, April…

Four members of the Clutter family are murdered near Holcomb, Kansas, by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, a crime later detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. Date: November 15, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅…

American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC radio over allegations he had participated in the payola scandal. Date: November 21, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅…

Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career. Date: June 23, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium. Date: June 26, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅…

A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35. Date: June 20, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Jack Kilby Files First Integrated Circuit Patent February 6, 1959Antarctic Treaty Opens for…