April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
Day of death January 22, 1959
The temperature on January 22, 1959 was between 7.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
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.
August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
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