Page 4: Historical Events In 1959

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

Feb 28   The inaugural polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched   

Mar 01   Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years.   

Mar 01   In this year, Beverly Hanson claims LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament   

Mar 02   Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70.   

Mar 03   British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis   

Mar 03   inaugural US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched.   

Mar 03   Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott and Costello), dies at 52.   

Mar 03   The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park   

Mar 04   Pioneer 4 is recorded as becoming the inaugural American spacecraft to flyby the Moon   

Mar 04   US Pioneer IV misses Moon and is recorded as becoming 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet.   

Mar 05   Iran and US sign economic and military treaty   

Mar 06   11st Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr   

Mar 06   11th Emmy Awards Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr   

Mar 06   11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr.   

Mar 06   Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400000 miles).   

Mar 06   Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85.   

Mar 06   In this year, Raymond Burr claims for best actor in a series at the 11th Emmy Awards for his work in TV's Perry Mason.   

Mar 07   "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs.   

Mar 07   Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies.   

Mar 07   Melvin C. Garlow became the inaugural pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes   

Mar 07   The inaugural aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow).   

Mar 07   West Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34.   

Mar 08   Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered   

Mar 08   Groucho, Chico and Harpo's final TV appearance together   

Mar 08   Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq   

Mar 09   "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances.   

Mar 09   Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold   

Mar 09   The inaugural known radar contact is made with Venus   

Mar 10   Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck   

Mar 10   Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet   

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

Mar 11   Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76.   

Mar 11   The HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its inaugural flight.   

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Jan 02   Kirti azad: Cricketer (indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 tests 1981-83)   

Jan 03   Rusty golden: Rocker (boys band)   

Jan 04   Vanity: [denise marquardt], ontario canada, actress (52 pick up)   

Jan 04   Yoshitomo nara: Japanese pop artist   

Jan 05   Kapil dev: India's cricket player   

Jan 07   Kathy valentine: Rocker (go-go's-we got the beat)   

Jan 08   Michael harwood: Sydney nsw, australasia golfer   

Jan 08   Paul hester: Australian drummer   

Jan 06   Jose enrique pedreira: Composer,    

Jan 09   Paul malengreau: Composer,    

Jan 11   Mohammed zakaria ghonein: Discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid,   

Jan 17   Abdul aziz: Cricket,   

Jan 20   Carl switzer: Actor (alfalfa-our gang), shot to death at 31   

Jan 21   Cecil b[lount] de mille: Producer (10 commandments),    

Jan 22   A j else mauhs: German/dutch actress (hamlet, nora),    

Jan 28   Joseph sprinzak: Speaker of israel knesset (1949-59),