Permanent year factsheet

Afghanistan in 1959

Historical records for Afghanistan in 1959, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

2Records
2Events
2Named people
2Places
2Categories

Historical records

August

August 1959Women's UnveilingMohammad Daoud Khan

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Women of the royal family appear unveiled at public independence celebrations with government support.

Other Events

1959Birth of Mullah Muhammad OmarMohammed Omar Mujahid

Nodeh · Politics / Taliban

Birth of Mullah Muhammad Omar

Names involved

Mohammad Daoud KhanMohammed Omar Mujahid

Places involved

KabulNodeh

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.