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Israel in 1959

Name: Israel in 1959 historical records
Creator: World History Database

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

5Records

5Events

3Named people

2Places

3Categories

Historical records

October

10 October 1959FatahDavid Ben-Gurion

Government / Government of Israel

Creation of Fatah

Other Events

1959Aharonov-Bohm Electron Phase EffectYakir Aharonov

Bristol · Science / Physics

With David Bohm, predicts that electron interference can depend on electromagnetic potentials even where the electrons traverse no magnetic field.

1959Blockade of Israeli Shipping through the Suez CanalDavid Ben-Gurion

Suez Canal · Government / Government of Israel

Egypt renews the Israeli blockade through the Suez canal

1959ElectionShimon Peres

Politics / Labour Party

First elected to the Knesset

1959Israeli Suez Transit RestrictedDavid Ben-Gurion

Suez Canal · Government / Government of Israel

Egypt restricts Israeli use of the Suez Canal, limiting maritime transit through the strategic waterway.

Names involved

David Ben-GurionShimon PeresYakir Aharonov

Places involved

BristolSuez Canal

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.