Continental League

July 27 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

1. 1959Continental League
2. 1990Jamaat al Muslimeen
3. 1995Korean War Veterans Memorial
4. 1996Atlanta
5. 1997Si Zerrouk massacre
6. 2002Sknyliv air show disaster
7. 2007Car chase
8. 2010Mummy
9. 20152015 Gurdaspur attack
10. 2016Aston Martin DB9
11. 20202020 Colonial Pipeline oil spill

Also in 1959

• September 13Luna 2The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 (model pictured) struck the Moon, the first spacecraft to reach another celestial body.
• September 15Nikita KhrushchevNikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• June 14Disneyland MonorailDisneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
• August 17Miles DavisAmerican musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings o…
• November 21Disc jockeyAmerican disc jockey Alan Freed (pictured), who popularized the term rock and roll, was fired from WABC-AM for his role in the payola sca…
• November 16The Sound of MusicThe Sound of Music, a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein based on The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, opened on Broadway at the Lunt-F…
• November 16National Airlines Flight 967National Airlines Flight 967 explodes in mid-air over the Gulf of Mexico, killing all 42 aboard.
• March 181959 Tibetan uprisingTibetan uprising: After the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge at Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, Chinese forces bombarded the monastery, infl…

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