Historical Events In 1959

Feb 28   Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 in the year 1959.  

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

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

Mar 01   Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years on this day in history.  

Mar 01   In the year 1959 beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament  

Mar 02   In the year 1959 eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70  

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

Mar 03   On this day in history first US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched  

Mar 03   On this day in history lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52  

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

Mar 04   On this day in history pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon  

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

Mar 05   On this day in history iran & US sign economic & military treaty  

Mar 06   On this day in history 11st 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 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr  

Mar 06   Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles) on this day in history.  

Mar 06   Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85 in the year 1959.  

Mar 06   Raymond Burr wins for best actor in a series at the 11th Emmy Awards for his work in TV's Perry Mason on this day in history.  

Mar 07   "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs on this day in history.  

Mar 07   Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 07   Melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1959.  

Mar 08   On this day in history abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered  

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   Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq in the year 1959.  

Mar 09   "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances on this day in history.  

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

Mar 09   The first known radar contact is made with Venus in the year 1959.  

Mar 10   In the year 1959 dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck  

Mar 10   Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet in the year 1959.  

Mar 11   On this day in history "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens  

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Jan 02   In the year 1959 birth of kirti Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of rusty Golden, rocker (Boys Band)  

Jan 04   Vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1959 birth of yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist  

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

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat)  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer  

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005)  

Jan 06   On this day in history jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54  

Jan 09   On this day in history paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 11   Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies in the year 1959.  

Jan 17   On this day in history abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 22   In the year 1959 a J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73  

Jan 28   Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 in the year 1959.