Aeroflot Flight 200 Crash at Vnukovo Airport, October 23, 1959
Date: October 23, 1959
Date: October 23, 1959
The 14th Dalai Lama crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum. Date: March 31, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959UN Adopts Declaration of the Rights of the Child, November 20,…
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 → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅…
Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Astor Piazzolla International Airport in Mar del Plata, Argentina, killing 51. Date: January 16, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Aeroflot Flight 315…
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 1959TAI Flight 307 Crashes…
The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR. Date: February 9, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959USS Barbero Missile Mail Delivery Attempt June 8, 1959Typhoon Vera Devastates Japan,…
The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank. Date: April 8, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 195914th Dalai Lama Flees Tibet for India – March 30, 1959Rare…