Aeroflot Flight 315 Crashes Near Lviv Airport, 40 Killed – November 16, 1959

MS Hans Hedtoft, specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard. Date: January 30, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Hawaii Admission Act…

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 📅…

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 📅…

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 1959Hawaii Admission Act Signed Into Law March 18, 1959Explorer 6 Launches from…

Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California. Date: June 14, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Vega de Tera Dam Fails,…

Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.2 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana. Date: August 17, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper Die in…