Date: December 1, 1959
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The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the Moon. Date: September 12, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Project Mercury: NASA Selects First Seven Astronauts April 9, 1959Continental League Announced as…
Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India. Date: March 30, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 30 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Sultanate of Muscat Occupies Last Imamate Strongholds, Ending Jebel Akhdar War January 30, 1959Tritons’ Fountain…
A parcel bomb sent by Ngรด ฤรฌnh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngรด ฤรฌnh Diแปm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Date: August 31, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ On This Day (Today)…
The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail. Date: May 19, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 19 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ On This Day…
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 โ ๐ Other events on March 25 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ …
The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR. Date: February 9, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1959 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Avro Arrow Program Cancelled by Diefenbaker Government, February 20, 1959Jack Kilby Files…