WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1959
Find out what all happened January to August 1959

A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim (Norway) kills 34 people. (23. June 1959)

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum. (31. March 1959)

The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard. (20. January 1959)

Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. (6. February 1959)

Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union. (2. January 1959)

Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1. (16. February 1959)

First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. (29. July 1959)

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day (21. August 1959)

Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career. (23. June 1959)

Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released. (17. August 1959)

Separatists in the Maldives declare the establishment of the United Suvadive Republic. (3. January 1959)

Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League. (14. August 1959)

The Caves of Nerja are rediscovered in Spain. (12. January 1959)

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. (30. June 1959)

The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet. (28. March 1959)

The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail. (8. June 1959)

The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping. (25. April 1959)

The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history. (15. July 1959)

Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, marries Michiko. (10. April 1959)

The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. (7. January 1959)