Date: July 21, 1959
Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1. Date: February 16, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Chain Island Sold to Russell Gallaway III for Hunting Retreat,…
A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL. Date: April 8, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic. Date: January 8, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Jack Kilby Files First Integrated Circuit Patent February 6, 1959Canada Cancels…
Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board. Date: October 30, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959International Yard and Pound…
Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit. Date: February 28, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Xerox…
The first Melodifestivalen is held at Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden. Date: January 29, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Jack Kilby Files First Integrated Circuit Patent February 6, 1959Saint Lawrence Seaway Opens to Shipping…