January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
Day of death December 24, 1959
The temperature on December 24, 1959 was between 2.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
January 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
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