Jan 1 25th Sugar Bowl: #1 LSU beats #12 Clemson, 7-0. Jan 1 25th Orange Bowl: #5 Oklahoma beats #9 Syracuse, 21-6. Jan 2 USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit. Jan 3 Alaska admitted as 49th US state. Jan 4 Luna …

Jul 15 The US steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history. Jul 17 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis. Jul 17 Tibet abolishes serfdom. Jul 17 River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by …

24/07/2012 · List of 1959 significant News Events in History. Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba after Revolution; United States Vice President Richard Nixon and the Soviet Union’s Premier Nikita Khrushchev engage in an impromptu debate ; The Dalai Lama and tens of thousands of Tibetans flee to India after China Invades Tibet; Hawaii becomes the 50th state

13/01/2022 · Car caravans bedecked with flags, with the horns blowing, inch through the marchers. In the afternoon, crowds begin destroying things in casinos – considered playthings of the rich. Jan 3 Alaska becomes the 49th USstate. Jan 8 Fidel Castro flows into Havanagreeted by jubilant crowds.

03/01/2010 · In the arts, says Kaplan, 1959 brought upheaval upon upheaval: The opening of the Guggenheim Museum in New York (left), whose very architecture challenged its neighbors . . . and whose collection...

The first Ten Tors event is held on Dartmoor in England. May 2 – 1959 FA Cup Final: Nottingham Forest defeats Luton Town 2–1 at Wembley Stadium. May 4 – Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane begins two days of principal recording sessions for his jazz album Giant Steps.

1959 Singapore Independent Singapore became an independent state on June 3, 1959. 1959 Uprising in Tibet Fighting broke out between Communist Chinese troops and the local population, who were rebelling against Communist rule. The Communists put down the rebellion, dissolved the Tibetan local government and forced the Dalai Lama into exile.

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January 7, 1959 - The United States recognizes the new Cuban government under rebel leader Fidel Castro. Castro becomes the Premier of Cuba on February 16. February 22, 1959 - The Daytona 500 stock car race is run for the first time with Lee Petty taking the first checkered flag.