PIDE Fires on Striking Workers in Bissau, Killing 50+ August 3, 1959

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…

36 people are killed when Lufthansa Flight 502 crashes on approach to Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport in Brazil. Date: January 11, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 195914th Dalai Lama Flees Tibet for…

Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan. Date: September 27, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 27 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959US Recognizes Fidel Castro’s Cuban Government, January 7, 1959Aeroflot Flight 315 Crashes Near Lviv Airport, 40 Killed…

Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California. Date: June 14, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959National Airlines Flight 967 Mid-Air…

The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. Date: January 7, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1959Tibetan Uprising: Tibetans Protect Dalai Lama from Chinese Abduction, March 10, 1959TAI Flight 307…

Chain Island is sold by the State of California to Russell Gallaway III, a Sacramento businessman who plans to use it as a "hunting and fishing retreat", for $5,258.20 ($58,072 in 2025). Date: March 25, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅…