A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Buffalo, Texas, killing 34 people. Date: September 29, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 29 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)
Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan. Date: September 27, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 27 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)
Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6Β million others homeless. Date: September 26, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 26 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, is mortally shot by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day. Date: September 25, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 25 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)
TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from BordeauxβMΓ©rignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people. Date: September 24, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 24 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)
The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City. Date: September 16, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 16 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)
Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States. Date: September 15, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 15 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)
Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color, is launched in the United States. Date: September 12, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 12 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)
The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the Moon. Date: September 12, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 12 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)
A parcel bomb sent by NgΓ΄ ΔΓ¬nh Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President NgΓ΄ ΔΓ¬nh Diα»m, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Date: August 31, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 31 π Events on this day in 1959 π On This Day (Today)