Page 4: Historical Events In 1959

Feb 28   On this day in history maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70   

Feb 28   Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA in the year 1959.   

Feb 28   In the year 1959 the first polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched   

Mar 01   Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years in the year 1959.   

Mar 01   On this day in history beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament   

Mar 02   Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Mar 03   In the year 1959 british government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis   

Mar 03   First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched in the year 1959.   

Mar 03   In the year 1959 lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

Mar 03   In the year 1959 the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.   

Mar 04   Pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon in the year 1959.   

Mar 04   On this day in history uS Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet   

Mar 05   In the year 1959 iran & US sign economic & military treaty   

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   11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr on this day in history.   

Mar 06   On this day in history farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)   

Mar 06   Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   In the year 1959 raymond Burr wins for best actor in a series at the 11th Emmy Awards for his work in TV's Perry Mason.   

Mar 07   In the year 1959 "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs   

Mar 07   In the year 1959 arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies   

Mar 07   In the year 1959 melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes.   

Mar 07   The first aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow) on this day in history.   

Mar 07   West Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34 on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered in the year 1959.   

Mar 08   In the year 1959 groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together   

Mar 08   Groucho, Chico &Harpo's final TV appearance together in the year 1959.   

Mar 08   In the year 1959 pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq   

Mar 09   In the year 1959 "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances   

Mar 09   In the year 1959 barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 11   "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens in the year 1959.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of kirti Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83)   

Jan 03   Rusty Golden, rocker (Boys Band) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1959 birth of vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up)   

Jan 04   Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Kapil Dev, India's cricket player was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer was born in the year 1959.   

Jan 08   Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1959.   

Jan 09   Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1959 mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies   

Jan 17   Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi in the year 1959.   

Jan 20   In the year 1959 death of carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31   

Jan 21   Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 in the year 1959.   

Jan 22   A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   In the year 1959 joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73