Date: June 26, 1959
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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 1959Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 Crashes Near Charlottesville, Killing 26 -…
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) More events from 1959Tritons’…
Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500. Date: February 22, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Luna 1 Launches: First Moon-Vicinity Spacecraft, First Sun Orbit, January 2, 195914th Dalai Lama Flees Tibet for India…
The Vega de Tera dam fails, triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of Ribadelago and kills 144 residents. Date: January 9, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Vega de Tera Dam…
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) More events from 1959Alaska Admitted as 49th U.S. State, January 3, 1959American Football League Founded,…
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 📅…