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The following events occurred in December 1959: ==December 1, 1959 (Tuesday)== *The Antarctic Treaty was signed by all 12 nations that had stations in Antarctica. It came into force on June 23, 1961. Article I provides that "Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only."〔Jeff Rubin, ''Antarctica'' (Lonely Planet, 2008), p339〕 *Humble Oil Company was acquired by Standard Oil of New Jersey, later Exxon.〔"Humble Pie", by Joseph Nocera, in ''Texas Monthly'' (January 1986), pp 68, 104〕 *Allegheny Airlines Flight 371, flying from Philadelphia to Cleveland, crashed, killing 24 of the 25 persons on board.〔(); "Plane Hits Mountain in Snowstorm", ''Oakland Tribune'', December 1, 1959, p1〕 *The children's bedtime program ''Das Sandmännchen'' (''The Sandman'') premiered on West German television channels SFB, BR, WDR and NDR, nine days after a similar program debuted on television in East Germany. Production for it ceased in 1991 because of the German Reunification. *Born: Billy Childish, English artist; as Steven Hamper in Chatham, Kent; and Wally Lewis, Australian rugby star and sportscaster, in Hawthorne, Queensland 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「December 1959」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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