Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
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- After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
- The “Indian Independence Bill” is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
- Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
- A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
- William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
- Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).
- U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
- Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
- The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit
- Four Iranian diplomats are abducted by Lebanese militia in Lebanon.
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- In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (a.k.a. the “Butcher of Lyon”) is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment.
- Rwandan Genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city.
- NASA’s Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
- Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
- The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
- The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
- The Statue of Liberty’s crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
- The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
- The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
- Tupou VI is officially crowned as the King of Tonga.
