Nikita Khrushchev

September 15 through the years

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1. 1959Nikita Khrushchev
2. 1995Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133
3. 2001Championship Auto Racing Teams
4. 2004National Hockey League
5. 2008Lehman Brothers
6. 20082008 financial crisis
7. 2011Gleision Colliery mining accident
8. 2013Ivan Kulesh
9. 2017Parsons Green train bombing
10. 2020Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement
11. 2020Abraham Accords

Also in 1959

• September 13Luna 2The Soviet spacecraft Luna 2 (model pictured) struck the Moon, the first spacecraft to reach another celestial body.
• 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…
• March 18Hawaii Admission ActThe Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.

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