17 events found for 1959
The Tritons' Fountain in Valletta, one of Malta's most important Modernist landmarks, was turned on for the first time
The Auckland Harbour Bridge, spanning Waitematā Harbour between the Saint Marys Bay and Northcote suburbs of Auckland, N
The Auckland Harbour Bridge officially opened, connecting the suburbs of Saint Marys Bay and Northcote in Auckland, New
The extratropical remnants of an Atlantic hurricane reached the Gulf of St
B. Anthony Stewart is credited with the first image on the cover of National Geographic featuring the 49-star flag of…
The inaugural International Mathematical Olympiad, the leading mathematical competition for pre-university students,…
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. vice president Richard Nixon held an impromptu debate (pictured) at the…
American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically…
The Coatzacoalcos earthquake struck near the Mexican state of Veracruz, killing 25 people.
Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.
South Vietnamese opposition figure Phan Quang Đán was elected to the National Assembly, despite soldiers being bussed…
Writer and politician Abdul Muis became the first person to be awarded the posthumous title of National Hero of…
A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu (pictured), younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô…
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 (model pictured) struck the Moon, the first spacecraft to reach another celestial body.
The Cambodian–Vietnamese War formally ended with the withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from the People's Republic of…
Japan was struck by Typhoon Vera, the strongest and deadliest typhoon on record to make landfall on the country,…
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City.