Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In 1959
Sunday, 15 June 2025
Apr 25 St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping in the year 1959. 
Apr 25 In the year 1959 uSS Eversole rescues 14 Chinese Nationalist fishermen from their sinking fishing trawler in the Formosa Strait.
Apr 26 Cuba invades Panama on this day in history.
Apr 27 On this day in history "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)
Apr 27 "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France) in the year 1959.
Apr 27 Gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies in the year 1959.
Apr 27 Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies on this day in history.
Apr 28 In the year 1959 kLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
Apr 30 In the year 1959 armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81
May 01 In the year 1959 floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
May 01 Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies on this day in history.
May 01 On this day in history streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses.
May 01 West Germany introduces 5 day work week in the year 1959.
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB) on this day in history.
May 04 In the year 1959 the first Grammy Awards Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win
May 04 The first Grammy Awards: Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win on this day in history.
May 06 Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships on this day in history.
May 08 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship; 200 drown just yards from shore on this day in history.
May 08 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55 in the year 1959.
May 10 In the year 1959 soviet forces arrive in Afghánistán
May 11 On this day in history "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4
May 11 In the year 1959 elvis Presley's first entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"
May 11 Rodgers & Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC in the year 1959.
May 12 Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) in the year 1959.
May 14 On this day in history sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
May 15 Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69
May 19 On this day in history jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands
May 20 In the year 1959 alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60
May 20 On this day in history ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon"
May 20 Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship in the year 1959.
May 20 In the year 1959 shah of Persia visits Netherlands
May 21 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens in the year 1959.
May 22 Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes first black general-major in USAF in the year 1959.
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