The temperature on March 15, 1959 was between -0.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
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