Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount Crashes Near Gatwick, 14 Killed, February 17, 1959

President Dwight D. Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency. Date: October 21, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Federation of…

Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit. Date: February 28, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 28 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Quake…

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 1959Archbishop Makarios III Becomes First President of Cyprus, December 13,…

Aeroflot Flight 315 crashes on approach to Lviv Airport, killing all 40 people on board. Date: November 16, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Charles de Gaulle Proclaimed First President of French Fifth Republic…

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham. Date: May 30, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Lufthansa Flight 502…

Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens. Date: August 11, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Vanguard 2 Launches First Weather Satellite to Measure Cloud Cover, February 17, 1959Typhoon Vera Kills Nearly…