Page 4: Historical Events In 1959

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

Feb 28   On this day in history men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA   

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   Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70 in the year 1959.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 05   Iran & US sign economic & military treaty on this day in history.   

Mar 06   11st 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   11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr in the year 1959.   

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

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

Mar 07   In the year 1959 the first 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 in the year 1959.   

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

Mar 08   On this day in history groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together   

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

Mar 08   Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq in the year 1959.   

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   On this day in history dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck   

Mar 10   On this day in history uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet   

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

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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   In the year 1959 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   On this day in history birth of yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist   

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

Jan 07   Kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat) was born in the year 1959.   

Jan 08   In the year 1959 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   In the year 1959 paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1959 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history 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