June 23, 1956 — Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes President of Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser was a colonel in the Egyptian army who wasn’t satisfied with the status quo of post-colonial Egypt....
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May 3, 1957 — The Brooklyn Dodgers agree to relocate to California
In 1957, there were no professional baseball teams in the World Series (that is, the baseball league of the USA)...
February 12, 2018
May 5, 1958 — The discovery of Nobelium is announced
Nobelium is a trans-uranic element whose atomic number is 102. A radioactive metal, it was first created in April 1958...
January 29, 2018
August 12, 1958 — “White Wilderness” premieres
The legendary documentary that began the whole “lemmings commit suicide” myth, ‘White Wilderness’ was 72 minutes of the Disney Corporation...
January 24, 2018
January 8, 1959 — Cuban Revolution ends in Communist victory
The fall of Cuba’s Batista government, after six years of fighting between government forces and Castro’s revolutionary army, was officially...
January 19, 2018
February 3, 1959 — Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper die in a plane crash
The facts, as generally agreed upon, are these: At approximately 1AM on February 3, 1959, Holly, Valens and Richardson (‘the...
January 14, 2018
February 7, 1959 — Guitar Slim dies
Eddie Jones – better known to most as “Guitar Slim” – was only 32 when he died pf pneumonia (which...
January 9, 2018
May 14, 1959 — Sinatra finishes recording “No One Cares”
On this day, Sinatra completed the recording of this, his third album for the year, after a break of over...
December 29, 2017
May 28, 1959 – Space Monkeys Able and Miss Baker become the first living beings to safely return to Earth
In the early days of space exploration, no government seemed ready to send humans into space. After all, no one...
December 24, 2017
June 23, 1959 — Charles Starkweather is executed for murder
One of the earliest modern spree killers, Charles Starkweather was responsible for the deaths of eleven people in Nebraska and...
December 19, 2017
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