The temperature on June 9, 1959 was between 9.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
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