The temperature on May 29, 1959 was between 5.0 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
Day of death March 3, 1980
The temperature on March 3, 1980 was between -1.4 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 27 » Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
January 29 » The Rubik's Cube makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl's Court, London.
February 2 » Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
August 14 » Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
December 1 » Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Mexico, becomes a city.
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