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Page 5: Historical Events In 1959

Saturday, 23 August 2025

Mar 11   Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 11   On this day in history the HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 11   On this day in history the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 12   On this day in history dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 12   On this day in history uS House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 15   On this day in history robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 16   Iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 16   In the year 1959 john Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 17   Australia and USSR restore diplomatic relations in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 17   Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 17   In the year 1959 raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 18   In the year 1959 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  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 19   "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 22   On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 24   In the year 1959 iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 25   In the year 1959 billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 25   On this day in history french President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 26   Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 26   Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 27   On this day in history grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   On this day in history 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   On this day in history 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's govt & installs Panchen Lama  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 28   On this day in history james Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 29   On this day in history "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 29   In the year 1959 barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 29   Barthelemy Boganda, first president of the Central African Republic, is killed in a plane crash in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 29   On this day in history wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 30   WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 31   Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 31   Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Mar 31   The Dalai Lama, fleeing the Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet, crosses the border into India, where he is granted political asylum in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 02   On this day in history benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 04   Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960) in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 04   On this day in history fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal &French Sudan (dissolved 1960)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 02   Kirti Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Rusty Golden, rocker (Boys Band) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1959 birth of kapil Dev, India's cricket player  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   Kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   In the year 1959 birth of michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1959

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 06   Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   On this day in history mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 died in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73 in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 28   On this day in history joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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