Historical Events In 1959
Sunday, 28 February 2021
Feb 28 On this day in history maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70
Feb 28 In the year 1959 men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA
Feb 28 In the year 1959 the first polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched
Mar 01 On this day in history archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years
Mar 01 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament in the year 1959.
Mar 02 On this day in history eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70
Mar 03 British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis in the year 1959.
Mar 03 On this day in history first US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched
Mar 03 Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 on this day in history.
Mar 03 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on this day in history.
Mar 04 Pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon in the year 1959.
Mar 04 In the year 1959 uS Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet
Mar 05 Iran & US sign economic & military treaty on this day in history.
Mar 06 In the year 1959 11st Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr
Mar 06 In the year 1959 11th Emmy Awards Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr
Mar 06 On this day in history 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr
Mar 06 Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles) on this day in history.
Mar 06 On this day in history fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85
Mar 06 Raymond Burr wins for best actor in a series at the 11th Emmy Awards for his work in TV's Perry Mason in the year 1959.
Mar 07 "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs in the year 1959.
Mar 07 In the year 1959 arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies
Mar 07 Melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes on this day in history.
Mar 07 On this day in history the first aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow)
Mar 07 In the year 1959 west Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34
Mar 08 In the year 1959 abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered
Mar 08 On this day in history groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together
Mar 08 Groucho, Chico &Harpo's final TV appearance together in the year 1959.
Mar 08 On this day in history pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq
Mar 09 "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances in the year 1959.
Mar 09 Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold in the year 1959.
Mar 09 In the year 1959 the first known radar contact is made with Venus
Mar 10 Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck in the year 1959.
Mar 10 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet in the year 1959.
Mar 11 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens on this day in history.
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