Historical Events In 1959

Mar 04 Pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon

Mar 06 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr

Mar 03 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.

Mar 08 Groucho, Chico &Harpo's final TV appearance together

Mar 01 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years

Mar 29 Barthelemy Boganda, first president of the Central African Republic, is killed in a plane crash.

Mar 06 Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)

Mar 28 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama

Mar 18 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Hawaiian statehood bill into law, approving the entrance of Hawaii into the United States pending approval by the electorate of the Pacific Ocean island chain

Mar 19 "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances

Mar 12 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections

Mar 11 The HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight

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