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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  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 22   On this day in history vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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).  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 23   On this day in history jean Gallon, composer, dies at 80  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 24   On this day in history lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 25   In the year 1959 charles Starkwether, murderer, executed  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 26   Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 26   Ingemar Johansson of Sweden defeats Floyd Patterson as boxing champ in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 26   Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 26   On this day in history queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open the St Lawrence Seaway  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 27   On this day in history "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 734 perfs  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 29   In the year 1959 a Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 30   Lazare Saminsky, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 01   In the year 1959 world Refugee Year begins  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 04   On this day in history america's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 04   Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 06   In the year 1959 george Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 06   Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 08   Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 09   Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Open in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 11   C W L Parker, cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever), dies in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 14   On this day in history 1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Mass  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 14   On this day in history grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 14   The first atomic powered cruiser, the Long Beach, Quincy Mass in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 15   In the year 1959 ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 17   2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 17   On this day in history billie Holiday blues singer, dies of liver failure at 44 in NYC  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 17   Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 17   Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 17   In the year 1959 tibet abolishes serfdom  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 18   On this day in history 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of kirti Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of rusty Golden, rocker (Boys Band)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   In the year 1959 birth of vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of kapil Dev, India's cricket player  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   Michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1959

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 06   Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   On this day in history abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 died in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 21   Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 22   On this day in history a J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 28   Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 in the year 1959.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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