Historical Events In 1959

Feb 28   Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 28   On this day in history the first polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched  

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

Mar 01   Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament on this day in history.  

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

Mar 03   British government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis on this day in history.  

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

Mar 03   Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 in the year 1959.  

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   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   On this day in history 11th 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   On this day in history farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)  

Mar 06   In the year 1959 fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85  

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

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

Mar 07   Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies in the year 1959.  

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   On this day in history west Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 08   Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq on this day in history.  

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

Mar 09   Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1959 uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet  

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   Kirti Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83) was born in the year 1959.  

Jan 03   In the year 1959 birth of rusty Golden, rocker (Boys Band)  

Jan 04   Vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up) was born in the year 1959.  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1959 birth of kapil Dev, India's cricket player  

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1959 birth of paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005)  

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

Jan 09   Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1959.  

Jan 11   On this day in history mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies  

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

Jan 20   Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 died in the year 1959.  

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

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

Jan 28   On this day in history joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73