Page 14: Historical Events In 1959
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
Nov 21 Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet 


Nov 21 Max Baer US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49 


Nov 21 Max Baer, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49. 


Nov 22 AFL's 1st draft 


Nov 23 "Fiorello!" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 796 performances 


Nov 23 "Fiorello!" premiers on Broadway 


Nov 24 Lyman Bryson, educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71 


Nov 25 "Once Upon a Mattress" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 460 performances. 


Nov 26 Albert William Ketelby, composer, dies at 84 


Nov 27 Gerard Philipe, actor/dir (La Ronde, Gambler), dies of cancer at 36. 


Nov 28 Lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday. 


Nov 29 Fritz Brun, composer, dies at 81. 


Nov 30 Joe Foss named inaugural commissioner of AFL. 


Dec 01 12 nations sign a treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica. 


Dec 01 The inaugural color photograph of Earth from outer space. 


Dec 01 Twelve countries sign a treaty to protect Antarctica, as a preserve for scientific research 


Dec 02 Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus. 


Dec 03 State of emergency on Cyprus ends 


Dec 04 A monkey returns to earth safely, after being launched into orbit 55 miles high by the US. 


Dec 04 Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58. 


Dec 05 K S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies. 


Dec 06 Len Doyle, actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66 


Dec 07 "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances 


Dec 08 In this year, Dom Mintoff formally claims independence for Malta. 


Dec 09 Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 


Dec 10 Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies 


Dec 11 Yanks trade Marv Thronberry, Don Larsen, Hank Bauer and Norm Seibern for Roger Maris, Kent Hadley and Joe Deaestri 


Dec 12 Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 79 


Dec 12 UN Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established. 


Dec 13 Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus 


Dec 13 Archbishop Makarios elected inaugural president of Cyprus 


Dec 14 Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus 


Dec 14 J.B. Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31513 m 


Dec 14 Maria EG "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Cast Off), dies at 84. 


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