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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. Incumbents
January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro. January 8 – Charles de Gaulle is inaugurated as the first president of the French Fifth Republic . January 9 – The Vega de Tera disaster in Spain, a flood caused by a dam collapse, nearly destroys the town of Ribadelago and kills 144 residents.
1959 elections in the United States by state (15 C, 1 P) 1959 in American sports by state (48 C) A. 1959 in Alabama (2 C) 1959 in Arizona (2 C, 1 P) 1959 in Arkansas ...
1959 in the United States by state or territory (53 C) * 1959 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1959 disestablishments in the United States (33 C, 12 P)
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Here are some fun map facts for you: one of the oldest surviving maps is the Babylonian Map of The World. Archaeologists date it back to around 700 to 500 B.C. The map was a clay tablet nearly the ...
Hawaii statehood referendum, held as part of the Hawaii Admission Act of 1959 for Hawaii on June 27, 1959 which was approved by voters. Later on August 21, 1959 President Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting them as a state making them the 50th state.
1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.