The temperature on September 14, 1959 was between 11.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
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