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- What Happened in 1959 Important News and Events, Key Technology and Popular Culture Major Major News Stories include Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba after Revolution, The Dalai Lama is forced to flee Tibet, Barbie Doll Launched, Alaska becomes the 49th State and Hawaii becomes the 50th state, St. Lawrence Seaway is completed, NASA introduces America's first astronauts to the world including John H. Glenn Jr, and Alan Shepard Jr, US Launches first Weather Station in Space,
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January 7 — The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. January 22 — Knox Mine Disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston City in Port Griffith, Pennsylvania; 12 miners are killed. January 29 — Walt Disney releases his 16th animated film, Sleeping Beauty, in Beverly Hills.
Jul 24, 2012 · 1959 Major News Events 65 Years Ago. 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.
- 1950. January 14, 1950 - The United States recalls all consular officials from China after the seizure of the American consul general in Peking. More. January 17, 1950 - The Brinks robbery in Boston occurs when eleven masked bandits steal $2.8 million from an armored car outside their express office.
- 1951. February 28, 1951 - Preliminary report from the Senator Estes Kefauver investigation that had begun on May 11, 1950 into organized crime is issued, stating that gambling take was in excess of $20 billion per year.
- 1952. February 14, 1952 - The 1952 Winter Olympics open in Helsinki, Finland with thirty participating nations. During these games, the first triple jump in figure skating history is performed by Dick Button, who won one of the four gold medals gained by U.S. athletes.
- 1953. April 25, 1953 - The description of a double helix DNA molecule is published by British physicist Francis Crick and American scientist James D. Watson.
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Historical Events for the Year 1959. 2nd January » 'Luna 1', the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union. 3rd January » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. 3rd January » Separatists in the Maldives declare the establishment of the United Suvadive Republic.
August 17 – In the United States: The 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake in southwest Montana kills 28. Miles Davis' influential jazz album Kind of Blue is released. August 19 – The Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) is established. August 21 – Hawaii is admitted as the 50th and last U.S. state.
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