Project Mercury: NASA Selects First Seven Astronauts April 9, 1959

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 1959Alan Freed Fired from WABC Over Payola Scandal, November 21,…

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 📅…

A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood. Date: June 30, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day…

Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces. Date: January 1, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959UK Grants Cyprus Independence February 19, 1959Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205 Crash…

Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon. Date: January 4, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Hawaii Admission Act Signed Into Law March 18, 1959Continental League Announced as…

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 → 📅 Other events on May 19 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day…