The temperature on June 9, 1959 was between 9.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
March 9 » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
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