OAS Drafts Inter-American Development Bank Agreement, April 8, 1959
Date: April 8, 1959
Date: April 8, 1959
The 14th Dalai Lama crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum. Date: March 31, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Charles de Gaulle Proclaimed First President of French Fifth Republic, January…
36 people are killed when Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to Rio de Janeiro/Galeรฃo International Airport in Brazil. Date: January 11, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Austral Lรญneas Aรฉreas Flight 205 Crash…
The first government of Singapore is sworn in. Date: June 5, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on June 5 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1959North Vietnamese Army Establishes Group 559 for Ho Chi Minh Trail, May 19, 1959Luna 1 First Spacecraft…
Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union. Date: January 2, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 2 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Chain Island…
Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances. Date: February 2, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 2 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1959NASA Announces Mercury Seven Astronauts April 9, 1959Tritons’…
Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($58,072 in 2025). Date: March 25, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 25 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ …