June 1959

Friday 05:

The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.

Monday 08:

The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.

Tuesday 09:

The USS George Washington is launched as the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.

Sunday 14:

1959 - A group of left-leaning Dominican exiles in Cuba landed in the Dominican Republic with the intent of assassinating Trujillo. They would later be known as the J14 or "Catorce de Junio" (14th of June) group.

Thursday 18:

1959 Governor of Louisiana Earl K. Long is committed to a state mental hospital; he responds by having the hospital's director fired and replaced with a crony who proceeds to proclaim him perfectly sane.

Tuesday 23:

A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim, Norway kills 34 people.

Thursday 25:

Eamon de Valera is elected the third President of Ireland.

Friday 26:

The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America's Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.