The temperature on November 20, 1959 was between 5.5 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 3 » Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
June 14 » Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic to overthrow the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
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