Historical Events In 1959
Thursday, 28 March 2024
Feb 28 In the year 1959 maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70
Feb 28 In the year 1959 men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA
Feb 28 The first polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched in the year 1959.
Mar 01 In the year 1959 archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years
Mar 01 On this day in history 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 On this day in history british government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis
Mar 03 In the year 1959 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 In the year 1959 the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.
Mar 04 On this day in history pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon
Mar 04 In the year 1959 uS Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet
Mar 05 Iran & US sign economic & military treaty in the year 1959.
Mar 06 11st Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr in the year 1959.
Mar 06 11th Emmy Awards Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr in the year 1959.
Mar 06 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr on this day in history.
Mar 06 In the year 1959 farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)
Mar 06 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Mar 07 "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs in the year 1959.
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 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Mar 08 Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered on this day in history.
Mar 08 Groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together on this day in history.
Mar 08 On this day in history groucho, Chico &Harpo's final TV appearance together
Mar 08 In the year 1959 pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq
Mar 09 "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances in the year 1959.
Mar 09 On this day in history 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 On this day in history dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck
Mar 10 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet on this day in history.
Mar 11 In the year 1959 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens
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