May 1959

the éphéméride | All on May and 1959.

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  • May 3rd:

    • Beatification of mother Marguerite d' Youville, creative of the gray Sisters of Montreal.

  • May 4th:

    • American James Van Allen discovers two radiation belts which encircle the terrestrial sphere.
  • Birth of Randy Travis, American singer of Country music.

  • May 7th:

    • Signature of a treaty between the United States, France and Great Britain to create weapons and submarines using the nuclear power.

  • May 8th:

    • the USSR launches in test a missile designed to gain the limit of space before returning towards the ground attracted by gravity.
    • a boat with 3 bridges takes fire on the Nile in Egypt causing the death of 200 people.
    • Last episode of the American televised series One Man' S Family after 27 years and 3.256 episodes, since 1933.
    • Raquel Tejada marries James Welch and takes the name of Raquel Welch.

  • May 10th:

    • Of the archeologists finds the garden of Néron in Rome.
    • Birth of Eric Turnip riding French, champion of the jump of obstacle.

  • May 12th:

    • the vote of one amendment to the Soviet Constitution opens the way with changes in the bureaucratic administration of the industrial policy.
    • the Indien government announces that 11.500 Tibetans found refuge in India and with the Bhutan.

  • May 14th:

    • the Swedish Parliament votes a law generalizing the retirement with all the employees.
    • the Prime Minister Indien Nehru expresses his doubts about the possibility of an arrangement with Ayub Pakistani president, about water of the valley of Indus.
    • Iraqi the Prime Minister Kassem says that it carries out his country towards the democracy and wants to support the formation of the political parties.
    • Death of Sidney Bechet, musician of American jazz.

  • May 15th:

    • Fidel Castro orders the end of the summary executions after 621 executions.
    • the Japan disallows the Russian proposal, made on May 4th, to repudiate its defensive alliance with the United States, including military bases, against the Soviet promise to respect the neutrality of the country.
    • the American Congress authorizes a plan of assistance of construction of nuclear plants for 230 million USD (9,5 billion FRF 1999).

  • May 17th:

    • Approbation of the law on the land reform with Cuba
    • communist China breaks the truce of the strait of Formosa by bombarding the Matsu islands.

  • May 18th:

    • the American Secretary of State Herter announces with the conference of Geneva that the United States does not recognize the “ German Democratic republic ”.
    • Fine of the coalition formed in 1956 with Ceylon between the Marxists and the Left Freedom (Freedom party).

  • May 19th:

    • New government with the Netherlands directed by the catholic Party of the people.
    • the Algerian government of the FLN announces that the United States blocks the supply of weapons to resistance against French, and that the weapons will be provided by the Chinese Communists (May 20th).
    • President Eisenhower requires the agreement of the Congress to sell in France uranium and to help Great Britain to develop nuclear warheads.

  • May 21st:

    • the Soviet Minister Gromyko clamp whom West Germany east covered of sites of missiles and which the aggressive preparations of NATO create a war risk .

  • May 22nd:

    • a British destroyer inserts a boat of the Coast Guard Icelandic to prevent which he hustles the operative British trawlers in the disputed fishing zones.
    • the British governor Crawford prohibits the Ugandan National movement (Uganda National Movement).
    • President Eisenhower names Benjamin Davis Jr. with the row of General (general major). It is it first black with being promoted with this rank.

  • May 23rd:

    • Soviet the Prime Minister Nikita Khrouchtchev orders the end of the campaign against the revisionism in the literature.
    • Arrest of the Sharah General, second in command of the Jordanian armed forces, shown to have wanted to reverse king Hussein.
    • the Senator Hubert Humphrey invites with an international campaign to study the effects of the radio activity and repercussions generated by the nuclear tests in the atmosphere.

  • May 26th:

    • Inauguration by the Elizabeth II queen and the US president Dwight Eisenhower of the new sea route and river of the St. Lawrence towards the Big lakes.

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