Page 13: Historical Events In 1959
Monday, 23 February 2026
Oct 27 Rare Pacific hurricane results in the deaths of 2000 in Western Mexico 


Oct 28 Abe Waddington, cricketer (Yorks left-arm quick, Test avg 119), dies. 


Oct 28 Buffalo Bills enter AFL. 


Oct 29 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced. 


Oct 30 Blonde Dolly, [Sybille A J Niemans], society prostitute, dies at 33 


Oct 31 Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US 


Nov 01 Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem, dies at 66 


Nov 01 Goalie Jacques Plant wears a hockey mask fo rthe inaugural time in a game 


Nov 02 "Girls against the Boys" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 16 perfs. 


Nov 02 Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21" was fixed. 


Nov 03 Friedrich Niggli, composer, dies at 83. 


Nov 05 AFL announced with 8 teams. 


Nov 07 In this year, 13th Ryder Cup: US claims 8½-3½ at Eldorado Golf Club (Indian Wells, California). 


Nov 07 Victor McLaglen, actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72. 


Nov 08 KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast 


Nov 09 Frederick Preston Search, composer, dies at 70. 


Nov 10 Corinne Rottschaeffer elected Miss World. 


Nov 10 Lupino Lane, actress (Deputy Drummer), dies at 67 


Nov 12 In this year, White Sox 2B Nellie Fox claims AL's MVP. 


Nov 14 "Girls against the Boys" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 perfs 


Nov 14 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii) 


Nov 14 Thomas Ross, actor (Without Limit), dies at 84. 


Nov 15 Alex Kennedy, cricketer (31 wkts in 5 Tests for England 1922-23), dies. 


Nov 15 Robert White and Perry Smith murder four members of the Herbert Clutter Family at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas. 


Nov 16 "Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 1443 perfs 


Nov 16 The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music opens on Broadway 


Nov 17 De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond. 


Nov 17 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72. 


Nov 18 In this year, Wash Senator Bob Allison claims AL Rookie of Year. 


Nov 19 "Rocky and His Friends" debuts on ABC. 


Nov 19 Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism), dies 


Nov 19 Ford cancels the Edsel 


Nov 20 In this year, UN formally adopts the declaration of children's rights 


Nov 20 The all-new 105E Anglia was introduced in the United States--the inaugural British Ford to be marketed to Americans on a large scale. 


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