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  • France
    Feb, 1959
    Algerian War

    De Gaulle was elected president

    France
    Feb, 1959

    In February 1959, De Gaulle was elected president of the new Fifth Republic.




  • Texas, U.S.
    Friday Feb 6, 1959
    Computer

    Kilby's patent application

    Texas, U.S.
    Friday Feb 6, 1959

    In Kilby's patent application of 6 February 1959, Kilby described his new device as "a body of semiconductor material ... wherein all the components of the electronic circuit are completely integrated".




  • England, United Kingdom
    Feb, 1959
    Internet

    A Patent application for time-sharing

    England, United Kingdom
    Feb, 1959

    Christopher Strachey, who became Oxford University's first professor of computation, filed a patent application for time-sharing in February 1959.




  • Havana, Cuba
    Monday Feb 16, 1959
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Castro took on the role of Prime Minister

    Havana, Cuba
    Monday Feb 16, 1959

    The presidency fell to Castro's chosen candidate, the lawyer Manuel Urrutia Lleó, while members of the MR-26-7 took control of most positions in the cabinet. On 16 February 1959, Castro himself took on the role of Prime Minister. Dismissing the need for elections, Castro proclaimed the new administration an example of direct democracy, in which the Cuban populace could assemble en masse at demonstrations and express their democratic will to him personally. Critics instead condemned the new regime as un-democratic.




  • Havana, Cuba
    Monday Feb 16, 1959
    Raúl Castro

    The Minister of Defence

    Havana, Cuba
    Monday Feb 16, 1959

    He was appointed Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces when it was founded in October 1959 and served in that capacity until February 2008.




  • Havana, Cuba
    Monday Feb 16, 1959
    Fidel Castro

    The Prime Minister of Cuba

    Havana, Cuba
    Monday Feb 16, 1959

    On 16 February 1959, Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba.




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