The temperature on August 7, 1959 was between 10.1 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
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.
February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
March 28 » The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
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