Alaska joined the U.S. flag

Time: Saturday Jul 4, 1959 warning

Place: U.S.

Details: The flag was changed to have 49 stars. (for Alaska)

Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.

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Chris McCandless: Into the Wild-Body Found

Sunday Sep 6, 1992 - Alaska, U.S.

Chris McCandless: Into the Wild-Beautiful Blue Berries

1992 - Alaska, U.S.

Chris McCandless: Into the Wild-The Abandoned bus

Tuesday Jun 9, 1992 - Alaska, U.S.

On This Day - 4 July

George Washington-Washington's surrender

Thursday Jul 4, 1754 - Near present-day Farmington and Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Flag of the United States-Declaration of Independence

Thursday Jul 4, 1776 - U.S.

Napoleon-Siege of Mantua

Monday Jul 4, 1796 - Mantua, Italy

George Washington-Lieutenant General

Wednesday Jul 4, 1798 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Illinois

Sunday Jul 4, 1819 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-23 Stars

Tuesday Jul 4, 1820 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-24 Stars

Thursday Jul 4, 1822 - U.S.

Sojourner Truth-process of emancipating those people enslaved in New York was completed

Wednesday Jul 4, 1827 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Florida

Friday Jul 4, 1845 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Texas

Saturday Jul 4, 1846 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Iowa

Sunday Jul 4, 1847 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Wisconsin

Tuesday Jul 4, 1848 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for California

Friday Jul 4, 1851 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Minnesota

Sunday Jul 4, 1858 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Oregon

Monday Jul 4, 1859 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Kansas

Thursday Jul 4, 1861 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for West Virginia

Saturday Jul 4, 1863 - U.S.

Memorial day-Boalsburg ladies

Monday Jul 4, 1864 - Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Nevada

Tuesday Jul 4, 1865 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Nebraska

Thursday Jul 4, 1867 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Colorado

Wednesday Jul 4, 1877 - U.S.

Statue of Liberty-Ferdinand de Lesseps

Friday Jul 4, 1884 - Paris, France

Flag of the United States-5 More stars

Friday Jul 4, 1890 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Wyoming

Saturday Jul 4, 1891 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Utah

Saturday Jul 4, 1896 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Oklahoma

Saturday Jul 4, 1908 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-48 Stars flag

Thursday Jul 4, 1912 - U.S.

Hungarian–Romanian War-The Hungarian Army Had Retreated South of The Hungarian–Czechoslovak demarcation Line

Friday Jul 4, 1919 - Hungary

Martin Bormann-The Personal Secretary to Rudolf Hess

Tuesday Jul 4, 1933 - Germany

Marie Curie-Death

Wednesday Jul 4, 1934 - Passy, France

Flag of the United States-Star for Arkansas

Saturday Jul 4, 1936 - U.S.

Flag of the United States-Star for Michigan

Sunday Jul 4, 1937 - U.S.

Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle arrival at RAF Northolt

Tuesday Jul 4, 1944 - London, England, United Kingdom

Korean War-The Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister accused the US

Tuesday Jul 4, 1950 - Soviet Union, (Russia that time)

Flag of the United States-The first U.S. postage stamp to feature the flag as the sole subject

Thursday Jul 4, 1957 - U.S.

Pope John Paul II-Youngest bishop in Poland

Friday Jul 4, 1958 - Lakes region of northern Poland, Poland

Flag of the United States-The Current Flag

Monday Jul 4, 1960 - U.S.

Shimon Peres-Entebbe rescue operation

Sunday Jul 4, 1976 - Uganda

Statue of Liberty-New Lighting System

Sunday Jul 4, 1976 - New York, U.S.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-Marriage

Tuesday Jul 4, 1978 - Turkey

Diego Maradona-To Europe, "To Barca"

Sunday Jul 4, 1982 - Barcelona, Spain

Ten-Day War (Slovenian Independence War)-The two sides disengaged

Thursday Jul 4, 1991 - Slovenia

Rwandan genocide-The Liberation Day for Rwanda

Monday Jul 4, 1994 - Rwanda

Richard Branson-Branson sold his Virgin Mobile company to NTL:Telewest

Tuesday Jul 4, 2006 - United Kingdom

Flag of the United States-The flag in longest used

Wednesday Jul 4, 2007 - U.S.

Lionel Messi-Copa America 2015

Saturday Jul 4, 2015 - Santiago, Chile

Harald V-The 80th Birthday Gift To His Wife

Tuesday Jul 4, 2017 - Oslo, Norway

Tham Luang cave rescue-Breathing difficulty

Wednesday Jul 4, 2018 - Pong Pha, Mae Sai District, Chiang Rai 57130, Thailand

Cornelis Evertsen Birth

Sunday Jul 4, 1610 - Flushing

Paul Scarron Birth

Sunday Jul 4, 1610 - Paris

Murad III Brith

Thursday Jul 4, 1546 - Manisa

July 1959

Ho Chi Minh-North Vietnam invaded Laos

Jul, 1959 - Laos

Mao Zedong-The Lushan Conference

Thursday Jul 2, 1959 - Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China

Nuclear Power-USS Long Beach

Tuesday Jul 14, 1959 - U.S.

Richard Nixon-The Opening of The American National Exhibition in Moscow

Friday Jul 24, 1959 - Moscow, Russia

1959

Harald V-Graduation From The Norwegian Military Academy

1959 - Oslo, Norway

Sepp Blatter-Education

1959 - Lausanne, Switzerland

The Beatles-Lennon at the Liverpool College of Art

Jan, 1959 - Liverpool, England

Stephen Hawking-University

1959 - Oxford, England

Raúl Castro-President Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba

Thursday Jan 1, 1959 - Cuba

Brunei revolt-Establishing a Legislature

1959 - Brunei

Che Guevara-Batista to Dominican Rep.

Thursday Jan 1, 1959 at 03:00:00 AM - Cuba

Ho Chi Minh-Hồ Chí Minh Informally chose Lê Duẩn to become the Next Party Leader

1959 - Vietnam

Algerian War-General Maurice Challe appeared to have suppressed major rebel resistance

1959 - Algeria

Igor Stravinsky-The Sonning Award

1959 - Copenhagen, Denmark

John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind-Lecture fail

1959 - Columbia University, New York, U.S.

Cameras-The discovery of digital Camera sensor Basis

1959 - New Jersey, U.S.

Che Guevara-Control the Capital

Friday Jan 2, 1959 - Havana, Cuba

Laser-The LASER, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

1959 - U.S.

John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind-Diagnostic

1959 - Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.

Che Guevara-Rally support in several large cities on his way to rolling victoriously

Thursday Jan 8, 1959 - Cuba

Fidel Castro-Castro reached Havana

Friday Jan 9, 1959 - Havana, Cuba

Charles de Gaulle-Charles De Gaulle head of state

Jan, 1959 - France and Andorra

Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle offered Algeria's self-determination

1959 - Algeria

Donald Trump-New York Military Academy

1959 - New York, U.S.

Raúl Castro-Marriage

Monday Jan 26, 1959 - Cuba

Che Guevara-Significant Speeches

Tuesday Jan 27, 1959 - Cuba

Algerian War-De Gaulle was elected president

Feb, 1959 - France

Computer-Kilby's patent application

Friday Feb 6, 1959 - Texas, U.S.

Internet-A Patent application for time-sharing

Feb, 1959 - England, United Kingdom

Internet-MOSFET

1959 - Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S.

Raúl Castro-The Minister of Defence

Monday Feb 16, 1959 - Havana, Cuba

Fidel Castro-The Prime Minister of Cuba

Monday Feb 16, 1959 - Havana, Cuba

Bay of Pigs Invasion-Castro took on the role of Prime Minister

Monday Feb 16, 1959 - Havana, Cuba

Visa Inc.-Drops began

Mar, 1959 - San Francisco, California, U.S.

Ho Chi Minh-Confirming a "People's War" on the South

1959 - Vietnam

Ruby Bridges-Bridges attended a segregated kindergarten

1959 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

James Bond-Goldfinger was published

Monday Mar 23, 1959 - London, England, United Kingdom

Mao Zedong-The Secret meeting

Wednesday Mar 25, 1959 - Shanghai, China

Laser-Gould continued developing the idea, and filed a patent application

Apr, 1959 - U.S.

Lucky Luciano-Gambino became the most powerful

Saturday Apr 4, 1959 - New York, U.S.

Fidel Castro-The First Agrarian Reform

May, 1959 - Havana, Cuba

World Trade Organization-Dillon Round: 1960–62

May, 1959 - Geneva, Switzerland

Communist insurgency in Sarawak-The predominantly-Chinese Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), the state's first political party which was founded in June 1959

Jun, 1959 - Sarawak, Malaysia

Visa Inc.-BofA was dropping cards in Los Angeles

Jun, 1959 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Che Guevara-Second Marriage

Tuesday Jun 2, 1959 - Tarara, Havana, Cuba

Russell Bufalino-Barbara's Death

Jun, 1959 - New York, U.S.

Internet-UNESCO-sponsored conference on Information Processing

1959 - Paris, France

Che Guevara-A three-month tour

Friday Jun 12, 1959 - Cuba

Ho Chi Minh-North Vietnam invaded Laos

Jul, 1959 - Laos

Mao Zedong-The Lushan Conference

Thursday Jul 2, 1959 - Lushan, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China

Nuclear Power-USS Long Beach

Tuesday Jul 14, 1959 - U.S.

Audrey Hepburn-The Nun's Story

1959 - U.S.

Richard Nixon-The Opening of The American National Exhibition in Moscow

Friday Jul 24, 1959 - Moscow, Russia

Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower was aboard the maiden flight of Air Force One

Wednesday Aug 26, 1959 - U.S.

Dwight D. Eisenhower-Complained of dizziness and had to have his blood pressure checked

Saturday Aug 29, 1959 - England, United Kingdom

Che Guevara-Guevara's return

Sep, 1959 - Cuba

Severo Ochoa-Receiving a Nobel Prize

1959 - Stockholm, Sweden

Colombian conflict-The Investigation of Colombia's Internal Security Situation

Oct, 1959 - Colombia

Visa Inc.-The entire state had been saturated with over 2 million credit cards

Oct, 1959 - California, U.S.

Margaret Thatcher-The 1959 Election

Thursday Oct 8, 1959 - Finchley, London, England

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret and Antony became engaged

Oct, 1959 - England, United Kingdom

Rwandan genocide-A Hutu sub-chief, was attacked close to his home

Sunday Nov 1, 1959 - Byimana, Rwanda

Rwandan genocide-The Rwandan Revolution

Nov, 1959 - Rwanda

Shimon Peres-First elected to the Knesset

Tuesday Nov 3, 1959 - Israel

Xerox-Xerox 914

1959 - U.S.

Visa Inc.-Williams resigned

Dec, 1959 - California, U.S.

Audrey Hepburn-Green Mansions

1959 - U.S.

Vietnam War-Military Deaths until 1959

1959 - Vietnam