Date: October 30, 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 1959Mysterious Deaths of Nine Ski Hikers in Northern Ural Mountains,…
Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. Date: January 3, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Vega de Tera Dam Failure Floods Ribadelago, Kills 144 – January 9, 1959Bonanza Launches as First Regular…
Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus. Date: December 13, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Opens in New York City, October 21, 1959Fidel Castro Becomes Premier of…
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 1959Cuba First Agrarian Reform Law Signed by Fidel Castro May 17, 1959Chain Island Sold to…
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 1959Tibetan Uprising: Tibetans Protect Dalai Lama from Chinese Abduction, March 10, 1959APRA Congress…
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 📅…