Barbie Doll Debuts at American International Toy Fair, March 9, 1959

Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career. Date: June 23, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless. Date: September 26, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Eisenhower Transfers U.S….

The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon. Date: October 7, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 7 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Mysterious Deaths of Nine Ski Hikers in Northern Ural…

Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance. Date: November 2, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

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…