Page 5: Historical Events In 1959
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
Mar 11 On this day in history haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76
Mar 11 In the year 1959 the HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight
Mar 11 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park in the year 1959.
Mar 12 Dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections on this day in history.
Mar 12 On this day in history uS House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
Mar 15 Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds on this day in history.
Mar 16 Iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty in the year 1959.
Mar 16 John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 in the year 1959.
Mar 17 Australia and USSR restore diplomatic relations in the year 1959.
Mar 17 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India on this day in history.
Mar 17 In the year 1959 raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday
Mar 18 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Hawaiian statehood bill into law, approving the entrance of Hawaii into the United States pending approval by the electorate of the Pacific Ocean island chain in the year 1959.
Mar 19 On this day in history "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances
Mar 22 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament on this day in history.
Mar 24 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact in the year 1959.
Mar 25 Billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56 in the year 1959.
Mar 25 French President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary in the year 1959.
Mar 26 Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 in the year 1959.
Mar 26 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days on this day in history.
Mar 27 In the year 1959 grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54
Mar 28 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama on this day in history.
Mar 28 In the year 1959 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's govt & installs Panchen Lama
Mar 28 James Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies on this day in history.
Mar 29 On this day in history "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres
Mar 29 Barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies on this day in history.
Mar 29 In the year 1959 barthelemy Boganda, first president of the Central African Republic, is killed in a plane crash.
Mar 29 In the year 1959 wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
Mar 30 On this day in history wNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Mar 31 On this day in history dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India
Mar 31 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68 in the year 1959.
Mar 31 On this day in history the Dalai Lama, fleeing the Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet, crosses the border into India, where he is granted political asylum
Apr 02 Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79 on this day in history.
Apr 04 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960) on this day in history.
Apr 04 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal &French Sudan (dissolved 1960) in the year 1959.
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