Historical Events In 1959
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Feb 28 Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 on this day in history.
Feb 28 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA on this day in history.
Feb 28 In the year 1959 the first polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched
Mar 01 In the year 1959 archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years
Mar 01 On this day in history beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament
Mar 02 Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70 in the year 1959.
Mar 03 In the year 1959 british government arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis
Mar 03 In the year 1959 first US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched
Mar 03 On this day in history lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
Mar 03 On this day in history the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.
Mar 04 Pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon in the year 1959.
Mar 04 In the year 1959 uS Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet
Mar 05 In the year 1959 iran & US sign economic & military treaty
Mar 06 11st Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr on this day in history.
Mar 06 In the year 1959 11th Emmy Awards Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr
Mar 06 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr in the year 1959.
Mar 06 In the year 1959 farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles)
Mar 06 On this day in history fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85
Mar 06 On this day in history raymond Burr wins for best actor in a series at the 11th Emmy Awards for his work in TV's Perry Mason.
Mar 07 In the year 1959 "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs
Mar 07 Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies on this day in history.
Mar 07 Melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes on this day in history.
Mar 07 In the year 1959 the first aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow)
Mar 07 On this day in history west Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34
Mar 08 Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered in the year 1959.
Mar 08 Groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together in the year 1959.
Mar 08 In the year 1959 groucho, Chico &Harpo's final TV appearance together
Mar 08 Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq on this day in history.
Mar 09 "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances on this day in history.
Mar 09 On this day in history barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold
Mar 09 In the year 1959 the first known radar contact is made with Venus
Mar 10 Dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck on this day in history.
Mar 10 Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet on this day in history.
Mar 11 On this day in history "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens
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