Date: August 30, 1959
Sixty-five people are killed when American Airlines Flight 320 crashes into the East River on approach to LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Date: February 3, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Continental League…
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India. Date: March 30, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Tritons’ Fountain First Activated in Valletta, Malta, May 16, 1959Explorer 6 Launches from Cape Canaveral…
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 1959Luna 1 First Spacecraft to Reach Moon Vicinity, January 4, 1959Quake Lake Formed by 7.2…
Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere. Date: July 7, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Austral Líneas…
At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde. Date: October 12, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate". Date: July 24, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Parcel…