American Airlines Flight 514, a Boeing 707, crashes near the Calverton Executive Airpark in Calverton, New York, killing all five people on board. Date: August 15, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League. Date: August 14, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Date: August 7, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people. Date: August 3, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. Date: July 29, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Continental League is announced as baseball's "third major league" in the United States. Date: July 27, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 27 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. vice president Richard Nixon and Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate". Date: July 24, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Date: July 21, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative. Date: July 21, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)