In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
Day of death February 24, 1959
The temperature on February 24, 1959 was between 1.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”
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 19 » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
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