Page 5: Historical Events In 1959
Saturday, 23 August 2025
Mar 11 Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1959.
Mar 11 On this day in history the HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight
Mar 11 On this day in history the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.
Mar 12 On this day in history dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections
Mar 12 On this day in history uS House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood
Mar 15 On this day in history robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 minutes 42.5 seconds
Mar 16 Iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty on this day in history.
Mar 16 In the year 1959 john Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111
Mar 17 Australia and USSR restore diplomatic relations in the year 1959.
Mar 17 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India in the year 1959.
Mar 17 In the year 1959 raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday
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
Mar 19 "1st Impressions" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 84 performances on this day in history.
Mar 22 On this day in history betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament
Mar 24 In the year 1959 iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact
Mar 25 In the year 1959 billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56
Mar 25 On this day in history french President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary
Mar 26 Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71 on this day in history.
Mar 26 Test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days on this day in history.
Mar 27 On this day in history grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54
Mar 28 On this day in history 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama
Mar 28 On this day in history 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's govt & installs Panchen Lama
Mar 28 On this day in history james Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies
Mar 29 On this day in history "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres
Mar 29 In the year 1959 barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies
Mar 29 Barthelemy Boganda, first president of the Central African Republic, is killed in a plane crash in the year 1959.
Mar 29 On this day in history wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
Mar 30 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting in the year 1959.
Mar 31 Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India on this day in history.
Mar 31 Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68 on this day in history.
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.
Apr 02 On this day in history benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79
Apr 04 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960) in the year 1959.
Apr 04 On this day in history fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal &French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
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