1959 in Cape Verde

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Other events of 1959
Timeline of Cabo Verdean history

The following lists events that happened during 1959 in Cape Verde.

Incumbents

Colonial governor: Silvino Silvério Marques

Events

March 24: A Partial lunar eclipse took place and was mainly visible, the eclipse was in progress at sunset and finished after 21:15 local time^[1]
September 17: A Penumbral lunar eclipse took place and was mainly visible, it started before 22:00 and finished at around 2:10^[2]
October 2: A total solar eclipse took place, it showed from around 50% (at Brava ) to about 60% (at Sal) obscuration of the sun in the archipelago after 10:30 AM^[3]

Sports

CS Mindelense won their eighteenth and sixth straight regional title for São Vicente^[4]
No colonial championships took place for the third straight year

Arts and entertainment

Artur Augusto da Silva's book Apontamentos sobre as populações oeste-africanas segundo os autores portugueses dos séculos XVI e XVII published, it was later published in Cape Verde

Births

May 29: Maria Helena Semedo, economist and politician

References

↑ "Lunar eclipse of March 1959". NASA. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
↑ "Lunar eclipse of September 1959". NASA. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
↑ "Solar eclipse of October 2 1959". NASA. Retrieved May 2, 2017.
↑ "List of champions of Cape Verde". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 February 2017.

Years in Cape Verde (1938–present)
Colonial era	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Since 1975	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

1959 in Africa
Sovereign states	Dahomey Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Liberia Libya Morocco South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Tunisia Upper Volta
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Algeria Basutoland Bechuanaland Protectorate Belgian Congo British Cameroons British Somaliland Chad French Cameroons French Somaliland French Sudan French Togoland The Gambia Mauritania Mauritius Niger Northern Rhodesia Réunion Ruanda-Urundi Saint Helena Sierra Leone Southern Rhodesia Spanish Sahara Tristan da Cunha

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