Historical Events In 1959
Thursday, 25 February 2021
Mar 11 On this day in history haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76
Mar 11 The HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight on this day in history.
Mar 11 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on this day in history.
Mar 12 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections on this day in history.
Mar 12 In the year 1959 uS House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
Mar 15 Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds on this day in history.
Mar 16 On this day in history iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty
Mar 16 On this day in history john Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111
Mar 17 On this day in history australia and USSR restore diplomatic relations
Mar 17 On this day in history dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
Mar 17 Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday on this day in history.
Mar 18 On this day in history 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 In the year 1959 "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances
Mar 22 In the year 1959 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament
Mar 24 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact on this day in history.
Mar 25 On this day in history billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56
Mar 25 In the year 1959 french President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary
Mar 26 Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 on this day in history.
Mar 26 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days in the year 1959.
Mar 27 Grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54 on this day in history.
Mar 28 On this day in history 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama
Mar 28 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's govt & installs Panchen Lama in the year 1959.
Mar 28 On this day in history james Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies
Mar 29 "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres on this day in history.
Mar 29 Barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies on this day in history.
Mar 29 On this day in history barthelemy Boganda, first president of the Central African Republic, is killed in a plane crash.
Mar 29 In the year 1959 wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
Mar 30 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting in the year 1959.
Mar 31 Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India on this day in history.
Mar 31 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68 on this day in history.
Mar 31 The Dalai Lama, fleeing the Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet, crosses the border into India, where he is granted political asylum on this day in history.
Apr 02 In the year 1959 benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79
Apr 04 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960) in the year 1959.
Apr 04 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal &French Sudan (dissolved 1960) in the year 1959.
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