National Airlines Flight 967 explodes in mid-air over the Gulf of Mexico, killing all 42 aboard. Date: November 16, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
Four members of the Clutter family are murdered near Holcomb, Kansas, by Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, a crime later detailed by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. Date: November 15, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅…
The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway. Date: November 2, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅…
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)
Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board. Date: October 30, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight 200 crashes while attempting to land at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 28. Date: October 23, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public. Date: October 21, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde. Date: October 12, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)