Historical Events In 1959
Friday, 29 March 2024
Mar 11 Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
Mar 11 The HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight on this day in history.
Mar 11 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on this day in history.
Mar 12 In the year 1959 dutch Liberal Party wins 2nd parliamentary elections
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 In the year 1959 iraq &USSR sign economic/technical treaty
Mar 16 In the year 1959 john Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111
Mar 17 In the year 1959 australia and USSR restore diplomatic relations
Mar 17 In the year 1959 dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
Mar 17 Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday in the year 1959.
Mar 18 On this day in history 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 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament in the year 1959.
Mar 24 Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact in the year 1959.
Mar 25 On this day in history billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56
Mar 25 In the year 1959 french President De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary
Mar 26 In the year 1959 raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies at 71
Mar 26 In the year 1959 test debut for Mushtaq Mohammad vs West Indies age 15 years 124 days
Mar 27 Grant Withers, actor (Okla Annie), suicide with sleeping pills at 54 on this day in history.
Mar 28 11 days after Tibet uprising, China dissolves Tibet's government & installs Panchen Lama in the year 1959.
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 in the year 1959.
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 in the year 1959.
Mar 29 Barthelemy Boganda, first president of the Central African Republic, is killed in a plane crash in the year 1959.
Mar 29 In the year 1959 wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
Mar 30 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
Mar 31 In the year 1959 dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India
Mar 31 On this day in history peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (Suhrkamp Verlag), dies at 68
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) on this day in history.
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