1 days before December 7, 1959
would be
December 6, 1959 (Sunday)
Time Zone: America/New_York (GMT-05:00)
• Day numbers: 340
• Week number: 49
• Leap year: 1959 is not a leap year
• Daylight Saving Time: No
Sunrise, Sunset Times for December 6, 1959 (Sunday)
• Sunrise time: 07:40 am
• Sunset time: 05:08 pm
• Day length: 09h 28m
• Source: suntoday.org
Moon Phase for December 6, 1959 (Sunday)
• Moon Phase: First Quarter - 09:11 pm
• Illumination: 48%
• Moon Age: 7.28 day(s)
• Source: mooninfo.org
December 6, 1959 Holidays and National Days
December 6 in History
2006
NASA reveals photographs from Mars Global Surveyor that suggest the presence of water on the red planet.
1992
The Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, India, is destroyed during a riot that started as a political protest.
1976
Democrat Tip O’Neill is elected speaker of the House of Representatives. He will serve the longest consecutive term as speaker.
1975
A Provisional IRA unit takes a couple hostage in Balcombe Street, London, and a 6-day siege begins.
1973
US House of Representatives confirms Gerald Ford as Vice-President of the United States, 387–35.
1971
Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India after New Delhi recognizes the state of Bangladesh.
1969
Hells Angels, hired to provide security at a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in California, beat to death concert-goer Meredith Hunter.
1967
Adrian Kantrowitz performs first human heart transplant in the US.
1957
Vanguard TV3 explodes on the launchpad, thwarting the first US attempt to launch a satellite into Earth’s orbit.
1948
The “Pumpkin Spy Papers” are found on the Maryland farm of Whittaker Chambers. They become evidence that State Department employee Alger Hiss is spying for the Soviet Union.
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