Page 4: Historical Events In 1959

Feb 28   Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Feb 28   In the year 1959 men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA   

Feb 28   The first polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament in the year 1959.   

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   First US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched in the year 1959.   

Mar 03   In the year 1959 lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

Mar 03   The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on this day in history.   

Mar 04   Pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon on this day in history.   

Mar 04   In the year 1959 uS Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet   

Mar 05   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles) on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Fred Stone, actor (Hideaway, Westerner), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Raymond Burr wins for best actor in a series at the 11th Emmy Awards for his work in TV's Perry Mason in the year 1959.   

Mar 07   On this day in history "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs   

Mar 07   Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies in the year 1959.   

Mar 07   In the year 1959 melvin C. Garlow became the first pilot to fly over a million miles in jet airplanes.   

Mar 07   The first aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow) in the year 1959.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Groucho, Chico &Harpo's final TV appearance together on this day in history.   

Mar 08   On this day in history pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq   

Mar 09   "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances in the year 1959.   

Mar 09   Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold on this day in history.   

Mar 09   On this day in history the first known radar contact is made with Venus   

Mar 10   In the year 1959 dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck   

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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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of kirti Azad, cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83)   

Jan 03   Rusty Golden, rocker (Boys Band) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1959 birth of kapil Dev, India's cricket player   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat)   

Jan 08   Michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1959.   

Jan 11   In the year 1959 mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies   

Jan 17   Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi in the year 1959.   

Jan 20   Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31 died on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 in the year 1959.   

Jan 22   A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73 in the year 1959.   

Jan 28   Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 in the year 1959.