Page 9: Historical Events In 1959
Monday, 01 September 2025
Jun 22 On this day in history "Along Came Jones" by Coasters peaks at #9
Jun 22 On this day in history vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
Jun 23 In the year 1959 convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany (where he resumed a scientific career).
Jun 23 On this day in history jean Gallon, composer, dies at 80
Jun 24 On this day in history lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69
Jun 25 In the year 1959 charles Starkwether, murderer, executed
Jun 26 Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies on this day in history.
Jun 26 Ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ in the year 1959.
Jun 26 Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title in the year 1959.
Jun 26 On this day in history queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway
Jun 27 On this day in history "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 734 perfs
Jun 28 In the year 1959 phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
Jun 29 In the year 1959 a Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51
Jun 30 Lazare Saminsky, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1959.
Jul 01 In the year 1959 world Refugee Year begins
Jul 04 On this day in history america's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled
Jul 04 Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony on this day in history.
Jul 06 In the year 1959 george Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65
Jul 06 Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic on this day in history.
Jul 08 Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War in the year 1959.
Jul 09 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Open in the year 1959.
Jul 11 C W L Parker, cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever), dies in the year 1959.
Jul 14 On this day in history 1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Mass
Jul 14 On this day in history grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79
Jul 14 The first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass in the year 1959.
Jul 15 In the year 1959 ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78
Jul 15 The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history in the year 1959.
Jul 17 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis on this day in history.
Jul 17 In the year 1959 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis River Canyon extending man-made Lake Hebgen by 5 miles. (Montana)
Jul 17 On this day in history billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC
Jul 17 Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44 on this day in history.
Jul 17 Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) in the year 1959.
Jul 17 In the year 1959 tibet abolishes serfdom
Jul 18 On this day in history 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)
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