Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1959
Saturday, 07 December 2024
Apr 25 In the year 1959 st Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping 
Apr 25 USS Eversole rescues 14 Chinese Nationalist fishermen from their sinking fishing trawler in the Formosa Strait on this day in history.
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 On this day in history "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France)
Apr 27 In the year 1959 gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies
Apr 27 In the year 1959 gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies
Apr 28 In the year 1959 kLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
Apr 30 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1959.
May 01 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title in the year 1959.
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 West Germany introduces 5 day work week in the year 1959.
May 04 On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB)
May 04 The first Grammy Awards Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win on this day in history.
May 04 In the year 1959 the first Grammy Awards: Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win
May 06 Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships on this day in history.
May 08 In the year 1959 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship; 200 drown just yards from shore
May 08 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55 on this day in history.
May 10 Soviet forces arrive in Afghánistán on this day in history.
May 11 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4 in the year 1959.
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 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 On this day in history berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56
May 16 Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 on this day in history.
May 19 Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands on this day in history.
May 20 In the year 1959 alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60
May 20 Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon" in the year 1959.
May 20 Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship in the year 1959.
May 20 On this day in history shah of Persia visits Netherlands
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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