The temperature on December 31, 1958 was between 4.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » European Economic Community is established.
March 31 » In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, led by John Diefenbaker, win the largest percentage of seats in Canadian history, with 208 seats of 265.
April 4 » The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.
July 1 » Flooding of Canada's Saint Lawrence Seaway begins.
October 2 » Guinea declares its independence from France.
November 12 » A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
Day of death May 5, 1959
The temperature on May 5, 1959 was between 0.9 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
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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