Events in 1959

117 notable events from 1959 — air crashes, murders and wars. Page 1 of 2.

• Dyatlov Pass incident
  Feb 2, 1959 · Russian Federation · Scandal & controversy
• HIV/AIDS
  from 1959 · Epidemic & disease
• The Day the Music Died
  Feb 3, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• Great Chinese Famine
  1959–1961 · China · Natural disaster
• Malpasset Dam
  Dec 2, 1959 · France · Natural disaster
• Perry Edward Smith
  Nov 15, 1959 · War & armed conflict
• 1959 Tibetan uprising
  Mar 10, 1959–Mar 21, 1959 · China · War & armed conflict
• Richard Hickock
  Nov 15, 1959 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Rwandan Revolution
  Nov 1, 1959–Sep 1961 · Rwanda · War & armed conflict
• Escambray rebellion
  1959–1965 · Cuba · War & armed conflict
• 1959 Okinawa F-100 crash
  Jun 30, 1959 · Japan · Aviation accident
• Eric Edgar Cooke
  Jan 1, 1959–Jan 1, 1963 · Australia · Murder & homicide
• Tommy Recco
  Jan 1, 1959–Jan 1, 1980 · Murder & homicide
• BOAC stewardess murder case
  1959 · Japan · Murder & homicide
• Observatory affair
  Oct 1959 · France · Murder & homicide
• National Airlines Flight 967
  Nov 16, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• Knox Mine disaster
  Jan 22, 1959 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
• 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake
  Aug 17, 1959 · United States · Earthquake
• Vega de Tera disaster
  Jan 9, 1959 · Spain · Industrial & structural disaster
• 1959 Mosul uprising
  Mar 7, 1959–Mar 11, 1959 · Iraq · War & armed conflict
• Murder of Kelso Cochrane
  May 17, 1959 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
• Bouncing Ball Killer
  May 28, 1959–Jun 20, 1960 · Murder & homicide
• Eugene Barrett
  Jan 1, 1959–Jan 1, 1995 · Murder & homicide
• American Airlines Flight 514
  Aug 15, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• San Juan Hill massacre
  Jan 12, 1959 · Cuba · Murder & homicide
• American Airlines Flight 320
  Feb 3, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• Niigata Japanese Red Cross Center bombing attempt
  Dec 4, 1959 · Bombing & explosion
• Pan Am Flight 115
  Feb 3, 1959 · Greenland · Aviation accident
• Disappearance of Mary Flanagan
  Dec 31, 1959 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
• Piedmont Airlines Flight 349
  Oct 30, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• Huber Matos affair
  Jan 1, 1959 · Cuba · Scandal & controversy
• Lufthansa Flight 502
  Jan 11, 1959 · Brazil · Aviation accident
• Arakawa serial bicycle slasher case
  1959 · Japan · Murder & homicide
• TWA Flight 891
  Jun 26, 1959 · Italy · Aviation accident
• Castle of Purity (criminal case)
  1959 · Mexico · Crime & justice
• Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
  Sep 25, 1959 · Sri Lanka · Terrorism
• Robert Raymond Cook
  Jun 25, 1959 · Massacre
• 1959 Washington Boeing 707 crash
  Oct 19, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• Cooper Do-nuts Riot
  May 1959 · United States · Riot & unrest
• Léopoldville riots
  Jan 1959 · DR Congo · Riot & unrest
• Hola massacre
  Mar 3, 1959 · Kenya · Massacre
• Attempted assassination of Abdul-Karim Qasim
  Oct 7, 1959 · Iraq · Murder & homicide
• Poe Elementary School bombing
  Sep 15, 1959 · United States · Terrorism
• Iwatsuki family seven-person murder case
  Jul 22, 1959 · Japan · Attack (other)
• Braniff Airways Flight 542
  Sep 29, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• Case 108
  Sep 1, 1959 · Paraguay
• 1959 Kirkuk massacre
  Jul 14, 1959–Jul 16, 1959 · Iraq · Massacre
• Temirtau riots 1959
  Aug 1, 1959–Aug 4, 1959 · Kazakhstan · Riot & unrest
• Malpasset dam disaster
  Dec 2, 1959 · France · Industrial & structural disaster
• Pidjiguiti massacre
  Aug 3, 1959 · Guinea-Bissau · Massacre
• Wadi Salib riots
  Jul 9, 1959 · Riot & unrest
• Capital Airlines Flight 75
  May 12, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• 1959 Gatwick Turkish Airlines Viscount crash
  Feb 17, 1959 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
• 1959 Canberra shootdown
  Apr 10, 1959 · Pakistan · War & armed conflict
• Second Keihanshin Highway truck explosion accident
  Dec 11, 1959 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
• TAI Flight 307
  Sep 24, 1959 · France · Aviation accident
• 1959 Uruguayan flood
  Apr 1959 · Uruguay · Natural disaster
• Aragarças Revolt
  Dec 2, 1959–Dec 4, 1959 · Brazil · War & armed conflict
• Kamigo Village fireworks factory explosion
  May 29, 1959 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
• Lauffen bus crash
  Jun 20, 1959 · Germany · Rail accident
• 1959 Biên Hòa compound raid
  Jul 8, 1959 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
• 1959 Viqueque rebellion
  Jun 1, 1959 · Timor-Leste · War & armed conflict
• Allegheny Airlines Flight 371
  Dec 1, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• Akmola tragedy
  Jun 14, 1959 · Kazakhstan · Industrial & structural disaster
• Roncarelli v Duplessis
  Jan 27, 1959 · Crime & justice
• Transatlantic cables incident
  Feb 26, 1959 · Portugal · War & armed conflict
• 1959 Escuminac disaster
  Jun 18, 1959–Jun 21, 1959 · Canada · Natural disaster
• 1959 Moroccan oil poisoning disaster
  Sep 1959–Oct 1959 · Morocco · Scandal & controversy
• Aeroflot Flight 315 (1959)
  Nov 16, 1959 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
• TWA Flight 595
  Nov 24, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• Train derailment at Minino station
  Jun 2, 1959 · Russian Federation · Rail accident
• Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 202
  Nov 21, 1959 · Lebanon · Aviation accident
• Aeroflot Flight 205
  Jan 18, 1959 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
• Spirit Soldier rebellion (1959)
  Feb 22, 1959 · China · War & armed conflict
• Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 205
  Jan 16, 1959 · Argentina · Aviation accident
• Joseph Roland Ernst
  Mar 14, 1959 · United States · Murder & homicide
• Ramos air disaster
  Dec 22, 1959 · Brazil · Aviation accident
• Meldrim trestle disaster
  Jun 28, 1959 · United States · Rail accident
• Engenheiro Goulart rail accident
  Jun 5, 1959 · Brazil · Rail accident
• All Nippon Airways Flight 64
  Jan 2, 1959 · Japan · Terrorism
• Aeroflot Flight 200
  Oct 23, 1959 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
• Assassination attempt on Nikita Khrushchev and Władysław Gomułka
  Jul 15, 1959 · Poland · Murder & homicide
• 1959 Air Charter Turkey crash
  Apr 23, 1959 · Türkiye · Aviation accident
• Mosul massacre (March 1959)
  Mar 9, 1959–Mar 12, 1959 · Iraq · Massacre
• 1959 Kamchatka earthquake
  May 4, 1959 · Russian Federation · Earthquake
• Southeast Airlines Flight 308
  Jan 8, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• Cabo Quilates
  until 1959 · Spain · Maritime disaster
• 1959 San Diego F3H crash
  Dec 4, 1959 · United States · Aviation accident
• Tulilahti double murder
  Jul 28, 1959 · Finland · Murder & homicide
• 1959 Pan Am Douglas DC-6 crash
  Jun 22, 1959 · Ireland · Aviation accident
• 1959 anti-American riots in Panama
  Nov 3, 1959 · Panama · Riot & unrest
• Nantou shooting
  Sep 21, 1959 · Taiwan · Shooting
• 1959 Coatzacoalcos earthquake
  Aug 26, 1959 · Mexico · Earthquake
• Murder of Nualchawee Petchrung
  Sep 10, 1959 · Murder & homicide
• 1959 Transair Douglas Dakota accident
  Aug 19, 1959 · Spain · Aviation accident
• 1959 Guayaquil massacre
  Jun 3, 1959 · Ecuador · Massacre
• Aeroflot Flight 120
  Dec 13, 1959 · Uzbekistan · Aviation accident
• Via Canosa in Barletta building collapse
  Sep 16, 1959 · Italy · Industrial & structural disaster
• July 23 massacre
  Jul 23, 1959 · Nicaragua · Massacre
• La Laguna scandal
  Jan 31, 1959 · Peru · Crime & justice