Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In 1959
Saturday, 18 January 2025
Apr 25 St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping on this day in history. 
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 In the year 1959 "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)
Apr 27 "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France) in the year 1959.
Apr 27 On this day in history gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies
Apr 27 In the year 1959 gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies
Apr 28 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting in the year 1959.
Apr 30 Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
May 01 Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.
May 01 On this day in history oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies
May 01 Streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses in the year 1959.
May 01 West Germany introduces 5 day work week on this day in history.
May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB) in the year 1959.
May 04 On this day in history the first Grammy Awards Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win
May 04 On this day in history the first Grammy Awards: Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win
May 06 On this day in history iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships
May 08 On this day in history 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship; 200 drown just yards from shore
May 08 On this day in history renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
May 10 In the year 1959 soviet forces arrive in Afghánistán
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 Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62 in the year 1959.
May 15 Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56 in the year 1959.
May 16 Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 in the year 1959.
May 19 Jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands in the year 1959.
May 20 Alfred Schutz, Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at 60 on this day in history.
May 20 Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon" on this day in history.
May 20 Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship in the year 1959.
May 20 Shah of Persia visits Netherlands in the year 1959.
May 21 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens in the year 1959.
May 22 On this day in history benjamin O Davis Jr becomes first black general-major in USAF
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