The temperature on July 29, 1959 was between 10.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Charles de Gaulle is proclaimed as the first President of the French Fifth Republic.
May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
Day of death July 30, 1959
The temperature on July 30, 1959 was between 12.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 15.2 mm of rain during 9.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
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 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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