February 20, 1959 (Friday)
- Canada cancelled the Avro Arrow program.
- At the Mkariba hydroelectric dam at Rhodesia, 17 men were killed when the platform they were on collapsed, sending them falling 200 feet (61 m) down a shaft.
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