The temperature on April 13, 1959 was between 8.8 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
February 11 » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
February 17 » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
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.
November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
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