Events January. January 1 The United States Navy SEALs are activated. SEAL Team One is commissioned in the Pacific Fleet and SEAL Team Two in the Atlantic Fleet.; NBC introduces the "Laramie peacock" before a midnight showing of the series Laramie.; January 2 – NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins praises U.S. President John F. Kennedy's "personal role" in …

The Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, has full diplomatic relations with 13 of the 193 United Nations member states and with the Holy See (Vatican City). In addition to these relations, the ROC also maintains unofficial relations with 58 UN member states, one self-declared state (), three territories (Guam, Hong Kong, and Macau), and the European Union via its …

For the first time in U.S. history, all 50 states have simultaneous federal major disaster declarations after Wyoming receives the final declaration. Washington, D.C. , the U.S. Virgin Islands , the Northern Mariana Islands , Guam and Puerto Rico also have major disaster declarations by this time.

History of the United States (1918–1945) Timeline of United States history (1930–1949) List of years in the United States; This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. …

Events January. January 2 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,800 for the first time ever.; January 3 – United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama", surrenders to American forces. January 5 – The National Gallery of Art purchases The Fall of Phaeton by Peter Paul Rubens.; January 9–20 – The Space Shuttle …

January–March. January 1 – Daniel J. Tobin becomes president of the Teamsters, beginning a 45-year presidency. January 23 – Charles Curtis from Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. February 6 – Nantahala National Forest is established. February 12 – The steamship Larchmont collides with the Harry Hamilton in Long Island Sound; 183 lives are lost.

Timeline of United States history (1950–1969) List of years in the United States; Dwight Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev and their wives at a state dinner, 1959. Events from the year 1959 in the United States. With the admittance of Alaska and Hawaii, this is the last year in which states are added to the union.