The temperature on May 6, 1959 was between 2.8 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
February 20 » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
July 15 » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
November 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
Day of death October 1, 1959
The temperature on October 1, 1959 was between 4.6 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
February 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
July 7 » Venus occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
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