Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1959
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Apr 25 St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping in the year 1959. 
Apr 25 On this day in history 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 "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France) on this day in history.
Apr 27 In the year 1959 "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France)
Apr 27 In the year 1959 gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies
Apr 27 Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies on this day in history.
Apr 28 On this day in history kLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
Apr 30 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
May 01 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.
May 01 Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies in the year 1959.
May 01 Streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses on this day in history.
May 01 On this day in history west Germany introduces 5 day work week
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB) in the year 1959.
May 04 In the year 1959 the first Grammy Awards Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win
May 04 On this day in history the first Grammy Awards: Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win
May 06 In the year 1959 iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships
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 On this day in history renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
May 10 In the year 1959 soviet forces arrive in Afghánistán
May 11 In the year 1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4
May 11 On this day in history 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 In the year 1959 liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher)
May 14 On this day in history sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
May 15 On this day in history berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56
May 16 In the year 1959 joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69
May 19 In the year 1959 jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands
May 20 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60 on this day in history.
May 20 On this day in history ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon"
May 20 On this day in history japanese-Americans regain their citizenship
May 20 Shah of Persia visits Netherlands in the year 1959.
May 21 In the year 1959 cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens
May 22 Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes first black general-major in USAF in the year 1959.
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