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| Born : | 10/23/1959 | "Weird Al" Yankovic, parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun) |
| Born : | 10/14/1959 | A.J. Pero, Staten Is, drummer (Twisted Sister-Not Gonna Take It) |
| Born : | 03/08/1959 | Aidan Quinn, Chicago, actor (All My Sons, Reckless, Stakeout) |
| Born : | 01/31/1959 | Adrian Vandenberg, rock guitarist (Whitesnake) |
| Born : | 06/01/1959 | Alan "Wild"er, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough) |
| Born : | 12/17/1959 | Albert King, actor (BB King & Friends, Blues Alive) |
| Born : | 02/13/1959 | Ali Campbell, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine) |
| Born : | 12/16/1959 | Alison La Placa, actress (Duet) |
| Born : | 06/06/1959 | Amanda Pays, actress (Max Headroom, Off Limits) |
| Born : | 02/17/1959 | Ambrose "Rowdy" Gaines, US, 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984) |
| Born : | 12/27/1959 | Andre Tippett, NFL linebacker (New England Patriots) |
| Born : | 07/03/1959 | Andreas Wisniewski, Berlin German FR, actor (Living Daylights) |
| Born : | 05/15/1959 | Andrew Eldritch, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet) |
| Born : | 03/02/1959 | Andrew Farriss, rocker (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt) |
| Born : | 06/24/1959 | Andy McClusky, rocker (Orchestal Manoeveres in the Dark-Electricity) |
| Born : | 09/28/1959 | Angela Greathuizen, singer (Dolly Dots) |
| Born : | 03/31/1959 | Angus Young, Glascow Scotland, rock guitar (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) |
| Born : | 11/14/1959 | Annie Painter, singer (BZN) |
| Born : | 09/04/1959 | Armin Kogler, Austria, skier (2-time winner of jumping World Cup) |
| Born : | 07/18/1959 | Audrey Landers, Phila, actress (Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line) |
| Born : | 09/30/1959 | Basia Trzetrzelevska, Poland, jazz singer (Time & Life) |
| Born : | 12/12/1959 | Belouis Some, rocker (Neville Keighley-Some People) |
| Born : | 11/16/1959 | Bert Cameron, Spanish Town Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silv-1988) |
| Born : | 09/27/1959 | Beth Heiden, Madison Wisc, 3000m speed skater (Olympic-bronze-1980) |
| Born : | 07/07/1959 | Bill Campbell, actor (Rocketeer) |
| Born : | 10/11/1959 | Bob Inglis, (Rep-R-South Carolina) |
| Born : | 04/02/1959 | Brian Goodell, US, 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 05/02/1959 | Brian Tochi, LA Calif, actor (Dr Alan Poe-St Elsewhere, Renegades) |
| Born : | 02/07/1959 | Brian Travers, rocker (UB40-Red Wine) |
| Born : | 08/02/1959 | Britt Helfer, Utah, actress (Lily-Loving, Alley Cat) |
| Born : | 05/20/1959 | Bronson Pinchot, NYC, actor (Perfect Strangers, Beverly Hills Cop) |
| Born : | 08/13/1959 | Bruce French, cricketer |
| Born : | 11/05/1959 | Bryan Adams, Vancouver BC Canada, singer (Heaven) |
| Born : | 12/10/1959 | Burke Moses, NYC, actor (Sean Baxter-As the World Turns) |
| Born : | 01/14/1959 | Carl Smyth, rock horn player (Madness-Our House) |
| Born : | 10/03/1959 | Carmen Russo, Genoa Italy, Miss Teenage Italy (1972) |
| Born : | 01/10/1959 | Chandra Cheesborough, Jacksonville Fla, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-84) |
| Born : | 11/29/1959 | Charles Grant, Winston Salem NC, actor (Another World) |
| Born : | 05/06/1959 | Charles Hendry, MP |
| Born : | 11/27/1959 | Charlie Burchill, rocker (Simple Minds-Breakfast Club) |
| Born : | 10/04/1959 | Chris Lowe, rocker (Pet Shop Boys) |
| Born : | 10/10/1959 | Chris Lowe, rocker (Pet Shop Boys-Left to My Own Devices) |
| Born : | 02/--/1959 | Claudia Marsani, Nairobi Kenya, Miss Teenage Italy (1973) |
| Born : | 04/20/1959 | Clint Howard, Burbank Calif, actor (Gentle Ben) |
| Born : | 09/21/1959 | Corrinne Drewery, rocker (Swing Out Sister-Swing Out) |
| Born : | 08/13/1959 | Danny Bonaduce, actor (Danny-Partridge Family) |
| Born : | 05/12/1959 | Dave Christian, Minn, NHL right wing (Wash Caps, Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 01/28/1959 | Dave Sharp, rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime) |
| Born : | 05/03/1959 | David Ball, rocker (Soft Cell) |
| Born : | 09/21/1959 | David Coulier, Detroit, actor (Joey Gladstone-Full House) |
| Born : | 07/27/1959 | David East, cricketer |
| Born : | 09/30/1959 | Debrah Farentino, actress (Hooperman, Equal Justice) |
| Born : | 08/22/1959 | Denise Curry, Daivs Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) |
| Born : | 04/06/1959 | Dianne Brill, Tampa, fashion designer/party girl (Queen of the Night) |
| Born : | 10/17/1959 | Dolph Lundgren, actor (Rocky 4, Masters of Universe) |
| Born : | 11/03/1959 | Dolph Lundgren, actor (Rocky IV) |
| Born : | 01/10/1959 | Don Letts, rocker (Bad) |
| Born : | 01/23/1959 | Earl Falconer, rocker (UB40-Red Red Wine) |
| Born : | 08/14/1959 | Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Mich, NBA Forward (LA Lakers/Olympic-gold-92) |
| Born : | 08/29/1959 | Eddi Reader, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love) |
| Born : | 11/01/1959 | Eddie MacDonald, rocker (The Alarm-Knocking on Heaven's Door) |
| Born : | 12/23/1959 | Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount/viceroy of India |
| Born : | 07/24/1959 | Edward Liddie, Union Ga, Judo fighter (Olympic-bronze-1984) |
| Born : | 06/15/1959 | Eileen Davidson, actress (Young & Restless, House on Sorority Row) |
| Born : | 03/15/1959 | Eliot Teltscher, Calif, tennis player (US Davis Cup team) |
| Born : | 04/12/1959 | Elissa Leeds, NYC, actress (Cissy-Dorothy) |
| Born : | 04/17/1959 | Elizabeth Lindsey, actress |
| Born : | 04/15/1959 | Emma Thompson, British actress (Henry V) |
| Born : | 05/06/1959 | Eric D Fingerhut, (Rep-D-Ohio) |
| Born : | 09/02/1959 | Esther Oosterbeek, singer (Dolly dots) |
| Born : | 12/28/1959 | Everson Walls, NFL corner back (Dallas Cowboys, NY Giants) |
| Born : | 10/29/1959 | Finola Hughes, London, actress (Anna-General Hospital, Staying Alive) |
| Born : | 12/21/1959 | Florence Griffith Joyner, LA Calif, runner (Olympic-3 gold-1988) |
| Born : | 12/14/1959 | Franco Iglesia, Cuba, spanish singer |
| Born : | 10/16/1959 | Gary Kemp, rocker (Spandau Ballet-True) |
| Born : | 07/29/1959 | Gary Springer, NYC, actor (Bernice Bobs Her Hair) |
| Born : | 10/08/1959 | Gavin Friday, [Fionan Hanvey], Irish singer (Virgin Prunes) |
| Born : | 10/21/1959 | George Bell, Dom Rep, outfielder (Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP) |
| Born : | 05/24/1959 | George Glanos, horse trainer |
| Born : | 08/27/1959 | Gerhard Berger, formula-1 racer (Italian Grand Prix-1988) |
| Born : | 09/17/1959 | Hank Ilesic, Edmonton, CFL punter, place kicker (Edmonton, Toronto) |
| Born : | 03/15/1959 | Harold Baines, Maryland, outfielder (White Sox, Rangers) |
| Born : | 12/15/1959 | Heidi Bohay, Somerset NJ, actress (Megan-Hotel) |
| Born : | 07/02/1959 | Hoogie Drexler, jockey |
| Born : | 06/11/1959 | Hugh Laurie, actor |
| Born : | 05/05/1959 | Ian McCullough, rocker (Echo & Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here) |
| Born : | 03/18/1959 | Irene Cara, Bronx NYC, actress/singer (Fame, DC Cab, Certain Fury) |
| Born : | 02/08/1959 | Irina Kalinina, USSR, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 10/03/1959 | Jack Wagner, rocker/actor (General Hospital, Santa Barbara) |
| Born : | 11/26/1959 | Jamie Rose, NYC, actress (Susan Birch-St Elsewhere, Falcon Crest) |
| Born : | 09/23/1959 | Jason Alexander, US, actor (George-Seinfeld) |
| Born : | 06/12/1959 | Jenilee Harrison, Glendale Calif, actress (Cindy-3's Company, Dallas) |
| Born : | 10/29/1959 | Jesse Barfield, Ill, outfielder (Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader) |
| Born : | 07/07/1959 | Jessica Hahn, evangelist rape victim/model (playboy)/actress |
| Born : | 07/09/1959 | Jim Kerr, rocker (Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me) |
| Born : | 08/21/1959 | Jim McMahon, NFL QB (Chicago Bears, SD Chargers, Phila Eagles) |
| Born : | 01/30/1959 | Jody Watley, dancer (Solid Gold)/singer (Looking For a New Love) |
| Born : | 10/02/1959 | Joe Deegan, jockey |
| Born : | 08/01/1959 | Joe Elliot, rocker (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages) |
| Born : | 07/06/1959 | John Keeble, rocker (Spandau Ballet-True) |
| Born : | 02/16/1959 | John P McEnroe, tennis player (US Open 1979-81,84 Wimb 1981,83,84) |
| Born : | 12/13/1959 | John Whitaker, Van Nuys Calif, actor (Family Affair, Snowball Expr) |
| Born : | 08/06/1959 | Joyce Sims, rocker (All & All) |
| Born : | 08/22/1959 | Juan Croucier, heavy metal rocker (Ratt-Round & Round) |
| Born : | 11/28/1959 | Judd Nelson, actor (Breakfast Club) |
| Born : | 05/06/1959 | Kate Collins, Boston Mass, actress (Natalie Hunter-All My Children) |
| Born : | 12/03/1959 | Kathy Jordan, Penn, tennis player (US Opens Doubles 1981) |
| Born : | 01/06/1959 | Kathy Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family) |
| Born : | 03/04/1959 | Kelly Lynch, Golden Walley Minn, actress (Warm Summer Rain) |
| Born : | 02/16/1959 | Kelly Tripuka, Glenn Ridge NJ, NBA forward (Det Pistons, Utah Jazz) |
| Born : | 06/12/1959 | Kenneth Herdigein, Suriname/Dutch actor (Say Once Aaa) |
| Born : | 06/29/1959 | Kim Hiett, jockey |
| Born : | 08/09/1959 | Kurtis Blow, NYC, rapper (Krushgroove-The Breaks) |
| Born : | 06/29/1959 | Larry Parham, 4th victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (1st to die) |
| Born : | 02/04/1959 | Lawrence Taylor, [LT], NFL's greatest line backer (NY Giants) |
| Born : | 12/29/1959 | Leslie Graves, Silver City NM, actress (Brenda-Capitol) |
| Born : | 01/22/1959 | Linda Blair, St Louis Mo, actress (Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St) |
| Born : | 08/11/1959 | Linda Rhys Vaughn, Grossmont Ca, playmate (Apr, 1982) |
| Born : | 02/03/1959 | Loi Tolhurst, rocker (Cure-Hell's Kitchen) |
| Born : | 06/04/1959 | Lord Rayleigh, agri-businessman (Lord Rayleigh Farms) |
| Born : | 06/27/1959 | Lorrie Morgan, country singer |
| Born : | 06/02/1959 | Lydia Lunch, US singer/poetess (Teenage Jesus, Jerks) |
| Born : | 08/12/1959 | Lynette Woodard, Wichita Ks, (Olympic-gold-1984, Harlem Globetrotter) |
| Born : | 11/10/1959 | MacKenzie Phillips, Alexandria Va, actress (Julie-1 Day at a Time) |
| Born : | 07/05/1959 | Marc Cohn, singer (Walking in Memphis) |
| Born : | 05/16/1959 | Mare Winningham, Phoenix Az, actress (St Elmo's Fire, Turner & Hooch) |
| Born : | 10/13/1959 | Marie Osmond, Ogden Ut, singer/actress (Paper Roses, Goin' Coconuts) |
| Born : | 03/29/1959 | Marina Sirtis, London, actress (Troi-Star Trek: The Next Generation) |
| Born : | 12/10/1959 | Mark Aguirre, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons) |
| Born : | 06/19/1959 | Mark DeBarge, rocker (DeBarge-Who's Johnny) |
| Born : | 08/13/1959 | Mark Nevin, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love) |
| Born : | 08/10/1959 | Mark Price, bass/vocals (All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged) |
| Born : | 05/11/1959 | Martha Quinn, Ossining NY, MTV vee-jay/actress (Bradys) |
| Born : | 04/08/1959 | Martin Weston, cricketer |
| Born : | 09/14/1959 | Mary Crosby, LA Calif, actress (Kristin-Dallas, Ice Pirates) |
| Born : | 03/22/1959 | Matthew Modine, actor (Full Metal Jacket) |
| Born : | 11/23/1959 | Maxwell Caulfield, Derbyshire England, actor (Miles-The Colbys) |
| Born : | 10/09/1959 | Michael Par, Bkln NY, actor (Greatest American Hero, Houston Knights) |
| Born : | 06/05/1959 | Michael Winans, gospel singer (Winans) |
| Born : | 03/17/1959 | Mike Lindup, rock keyboardist (Level 42-Hot Water) |
| Born : | 02/25/1959 | Mike Peters, rocker (Alarm-In the Summertime) |
| Born : | 05/14/1959 | Mike Quick, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles) |
| Born : | 10/09/1959 | Mike Singletary, NFL middle linebacker (Chicago Bears) |
| Born : | 12/25/1959 | Missy Cleveland, Jackson Miss, playmate (April, 1979) |
| Born : | 02/03/1959 | Molly Killingbeck, Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984) |
| Born : | 09/14/1959 | Morten Harket, rocker (Aha-Take on Me) |
| Born : | 04/28/1959 | Nancy Grahn, actress (Santa Barbara) |
| Born : | 02/12/1959 | Nancy Remy, reporter (NYC's Shadow Traffic) |
| Born : | 07/29/1959 | Nelli Kim, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-2 golds-1976) |
| Born : | 10/28/1959 | Neville Henry, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways) |
| Born : | 05/21/1959 | Nick Cassavets, actor (Rosemary's Baby, Quiet Cool) |
| Born : | 12/05/1959 | Nikki Gianulias, Vallejo Calif, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1979) |
| Born : | 02/12/1959 | Omar Hakim, drummer (Dire Straits, Weather Report) |
| Born : | 07/24/1959 | Pam Tillis, country singer |
| Born : | 02/08/1959 | Pamela Jean Bryant, Indianapolis In, playmate (April, 1978) |
| Born : | 04/12/1959 | Pascal Barr, France, sprint relay team (Olympic-bronze-1980) |
| Born : | 07/05/1959 | Patricia Pease Jeffers, NC, actress (Kimberly-Days of our Life) |
| Born : | 04/12/1959 | Patrick Barr, France, sprint relay team (Olympic-bronze-1980) |
| Born : | 03/14/1959 | Patrick Dupond, Paris, dancer (La Bayadere) |
| Born : | 01/27/1959 | Patti Cohoon, Whittier Calif, actress (Molly-Here Come the Brides) |
| Born : | 05/17/1959 | Paul Di'anno, rocker (Iron Maiden) |
| Born : | 12/08/1959 | Paul Rutherford, vocalist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) |
| Born : | 05/01/1959 | Paul Smith, rocker (Haircut 100) |
| Born : | 12/29/1959 | Paula Poundstone, comedian |
| Born : | 01/12/1959 | Per Helmstad, Sweden, singer (Roxette-Must Have Been Love) |
| Born : | 08/05/1959 | Pete Burns, rocker (Dead or Alive-Spin Me Round) |
| Born : | 01/15/1959 | Pete Trewavas, rock bassist (Marillion-Real to Reel) |
| Born : | 08/31/1959 | Rachel Dennison, Knoxville Tn, actress (Doralee Rhodes-9 to 5) |
| Born : | 05/04/1959 | Randy Travis, country singer (Always & Forever) |
| Born : | 03/24/1959 | Renaldo Nehemiah, US, hurdler (110m at 12.93)/NFLer (SF 49ers) |
| Born : | 08/20/1959 | Richard DeStasio, horse trainer |
| Born : | 03/20/1959 | Richard Drummie, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down) |
| Born : | 02/17/1959 | Richard Karn, actor |
| Born : | 07/11/1959 | Richie Sambora, guitarist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name) |
| Born : | 08/08/1959 | Rikki Rockett, rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn) |
| Born : | 11/05/1959 | Rob Fisher, rocker (Climie Fisher-Love Changes) |
| Born : | 05/13/1959 | Robert Earnshaw, racehorse trainer |
| Born : | 04/21/1959 | Robert Smith, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cure-Hell's Kitchen) |
| Born : | 07/14/1959 | Rodney Rash, horse trainer |
| Born : | 05/08/1959 | Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, NM, NFL defensive back (SF 49er) |
| Born : | 03/13/1959 | Ronnie Rogers, guitarist (T'Pau-Heart & Soul) |
| Born : | 08/10/1959 | Rosanna Arquette, NYC, actress (Desperately Seeking Susan) |
| Born : | 05/29/1959 | Rupert Everett, actor (Princess Daisy, Another Country) |
| Born : | 10/15/1959 | Sarah Magaret Fergusson, [Fergie], London England, Duchess of York |
| Born : | 11/20/1959 | Sean Young, Louisville Ky, actress (Dune, Young Doctor in Love) |
| Born : | 04/27/1959 | Sheena Easton, [Shirley Orr], Glasgow Scotland, singer (Sugar Walls) |
| Born : | 02/12/1959 | Sigrid Thornton, Australia, actress (Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise) |
| Born : | 07/03/1959 | Stephen Pearcy, rock vocalist (Ratt-Round & Round) |
| Born : | 11/28/1959 | Stephen Roche, bicylist |
| Born : | 08/19/1959 | Steve Grimmett, heavy metal rocker |
| Born : | 11/25/1959 | Steve Rothery, rocker (Marillion-Real to Reel) |
| Born : | 07/03/1959 | Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 02/22/1959 | Susan Benjamin, actress (Tracy-Accidental Family) |
| Born : | 07/11/1959 | Suzanne Vega, rock vocalist (My Name is Luka) |
| Born : | 11/30/1959 | Sylvia Hanika, Munich West Germany, tennis player (Avon-1982) |
| Born : | 05/07/1959 | Tamara E Jernigan, [Tammy], Chattoonaga Tn, PhD/astronaut (STS 40, 52) |
| Born : | 05/29/1959 | Tamayo Otsuki, actress |
| Born : | 04/17/1959 | Teri Austin, Toronto Canada, actress (Terminal Choice, Knots Landing) |
| Born : | 11/06/1959 | Teri Peterson, Santa Monica Cal, playmate (July, 1980) |
| Born : | 07/19/1959 | Terri Treas, KC Kansas, actress (Hannah-7 Brides for 7 Brothers) |
| Born : | 03/19/1959 | Terry Hall, rocker (Colourfield-Animal Liberation) |
| Born : | 11/21/1959 | Tim Wilkison, Shelby NC, tennis player (WCT Atlanta finals-1986) |
| Born : | 11/03/1959 | Timothy Patrick Murphy, Hartford Conn, actor (Dallas, Glitter) |
| Born : | 06/10/1959 | Timothy Van Patten, Bkln NY, actor (White Shadow, Master) |
| Born : | 12/11/1959 | Tina Gayle, Frankfurt GFR, Cowboy cheerleader/actress (Kathy-Chips) |
| Born : | 03/28/1959 | Todd Curtis, actor (Capitol, Skip-Young & Restless) |
| Born : | 03/06/1959 | Tom Arnold, Iowa, comedian (Tom Arnold Show), Mr Roseanne Barr |
| Born : | 06/21/1959 | Tom Chambers, NBA forward, center (Seattle SuperSonics, Phoenix Suns) |
| Born : | 08/31/1959 | Tony DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family) |
| Born : | 10/08/1959 | Tony Eason, football quarterback (New England Patriots) |
| Born : | 10/04/1959 | Tony Meo, English billiards champion (snookers) |
| Born : | 12/30/1959 | Tracey Ullman, singer/actress (Tracey Ullman Show) |
| Born : | 01/23/1959 | Tyrone Power Jr, Los Angeles Calif, actor (Shag) |
| Born : | 12/31/1959 | Val Kilmer, actor (Top Secret, Top Gun, Willow) |
| Born : | 01/04/1959 | Vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up) |
| Born : | 08/03/1959 | Victoria Jackson, Miami Fla, actress (Casual Sex, SNL) |
| Born : | 03/25/1959 | Vince Guerra, jockey |
| Born : | 11/11/1959 | Vincent Irizarry, Queens NY, actor (Guiding Light, Santa Barbara) |
| Born : | 10/28/1959 | Walther Bauersfeld, 1919 inventor (1st modern projection planetarium) |
| Born : | 05/26/1959 | Wayne Hussey, rocker (Mission-Lover for Life) |
| Born : | 07/02/1959 | Wendy B Lawrence, Jacksonville Fla, USN Lt Commander/astronaut |
| Born : | 09/04/1959 | William Kennedy Smith, Kennedy accused of rape in Florida (1991) |
| Born : | 11/17/1959 | William R Moses, LA Calif, actor (Cole-Falcon Crest) |
| Born : | 10/01/1959 | Youssou N'dour, Senegalese singer (Shaking the tree) |
| Born : | 02/04/1959 | Zenani Mandela, daughter of Nelson & Winnie Mandela |
| Born : | 05/22/1959 | [Patrick] Morrissey, rocker (Depeche Mode-Somebody) |
| Died : | 06/29/1959 | A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51 |
| Died : | 01/22/1959 | A J Else Mauhs, German/Dutch actress (Hamlet, Nora), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 03/08/1959 | Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered |
| Died : | 12/27/1959 | Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70 |
| Died : | 03/07/1959 | Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies |
| Died : | 03/29/1959 | Barthelemy Boganda, Central African Republic's 1st president, dies |
| Died : | 09/22/1959 | Benjamin Pret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 10/11/1959 | Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64 |
| Died : | 09/17/1959 | Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director, dies at 39 |
| Died : | 02/03/1959 | Big Bopper, rocker, dies in a plane crash |
| Died : | 07/17/1959 | Billy Holliday [Eleanora Fagan], US blues singer, dies at 44 |
| Died : | 10/25/1959 | Bob Murphy, TV host (RFD America), dies at 42 |
| Died : | 02/03/1959 | Buddy Holly, rocker (Tghat'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash |
| Died : | 01/21/1959 | Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 |
| Died : | 08/29/1959 | Charles Lotsy, insurance director/chief d'quipe, dies |
| Died : | 06/25/1959 | Charles Starkwether, murderer, executed |
| Died : | 07/08/1959 | Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War |
| Died : | 02/07/1959 | Daniel F Malan, premier of South Africa (1948-54), dies at 84 |
| Died : | 05/26/1959 | Ed Walsh, baseball pitcher (1.82 ERA), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 08/05/1959 | Edgar Guest, US poet/newspaperman, dies at 77 |
| Died : | 04/13/1959 | Eduard A van Beinum, musician/conductor, dies |
| Died : | 11/19/1959 | Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism), dies |
| Died : | 07/15/1959 | Ernest Bloch, Swiss/US composer (Macbeth), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 10/14/1959 | Errol Flynn, US actor (Captain Blood, Charge of Light Brigade), dies |
| Died : | 06/18/1959 | Ethel Barrymore, [Blythe], actress (None but the lonely), dies at 79 |
| Died : | 04/09/1959 | Frank Lloyd Wright, US architect (Guggenheim Museum NY), dies at 89 |
| Died : | 10/10/1959 | Friedrich, Prince of Liechtenstein, dies |
| Died : | 10/16/1959 | George C Marshall, US army general, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 07/06/1959 | George Grosz, German cartoonist/painter (Ecce Homo), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 06/16/1959 | George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone With the Wind), shoots himself |
| Died : | 11/01/1959 | Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem, dies at 66 |
| Died : | 04/27/1959 | Gordon Armstrong, inventor of baby incubator, dies |
| Died : | 07/14/1959 | Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director, dies at 79 |
| Died : | 04/08/1959 | Gustave Charlier, Belgian literature historian, dies |
| Died : | 11/25/1959 | Grard Philipe, French actor (EL Cid, Don Carlos), dies at 36 |
| Died : | 09/29/1959 | Harold Huber, actor (I Cover Times Square), dies at 49 |
| Died : | 08/18/1959 | Harvey Glatmin, executed |
| Died : | 11/17/1959 | Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilians composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 |
| Died : | 09/25/1959 | Helen Broderick, comedienne/actress (Swing Time, Top Hat), dies |
| Died : | 02/22/1959 | Helen Parrish, actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36 |
| Died : | 07/17/1959 | Henri Pourrat, French writer (Le chasseur de la nuit), dies |
| Died : | 03/07/1959 | Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows dies at 88 |
| Died : | 06/20/1959 | Hitoshi Ashida, Japanese politician, dies at 71 |
| Died : | 07/25/1959 | Isaac Halevi Herzog, chief rabbi of Israel (1936-59), dies at 71 |
| Died : | 08/19/1959 | Jacob Epstein, US/English sculptor/painter, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 05/26/1959 | Joe Kelly, TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57 |
| Died : | 05/24/1959 | John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71 |
| Died : | 09/30/1959 | John H Kliegl, developer of Klieg light, dies at 89 |
| Died : | 03/16/1959 | John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111 |
| Died : | 01/28/1959 | Joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 10/13/1959 | K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Concert Amsterdam), dies |
| Died : | 09/06/1959 | Kay Kendall, British actress (Genevieve), dies at 32 |
| Died : | 12/06/1959 | Len Doyle, actor (Harrington-Mr District Attorney), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 12/23/1959 | Lester Lonergan Jr, actor (Growing Paynes), dies at 65 |
| Died : | 12/23/1959 | Lord Irwin, ambassador to US (1940-46), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 06/24/1959 | Lou Bandy, [Lodewk F Dieben], revue-artist (Life is Real), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 03/03/1959 | Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 |
| Died : | 11/24/1959 | Lyman Bryson, educator (UN Casebook), dies at 71 |
| Died : | 12/14/1959 | Maria EG "Lizzy" Ansingh, house painter (Verstoten), dies at 84 |
| Died : | 10/07/1959 | Mario Lanza, singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack |
| Died : | 11/21/1959 | Max Baer, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1934), dies at 49 |
| Died : | 02/28/1959 | Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies |
| Died : | 01/11/1959 | Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein, discoverer of 6,000 yr old pyramid, dies |
| Died : | 02/07/1959 | Napoleon Lajorie, baseball player, dies at 83 |
| Died : | 09/20/1959 | Olin Howlin, actor (Swifty-Circus Boy), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 05/01/1959 | Oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies |
| Died : | 02/15/1959 | Owen W Richardson, English physicist (Nobel 1928), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 10/07/1959 | PM Kassem of Iraq, assassinated |
| Died : | 09/11/1959 | Paul Douglas, actor (Adventure Theater), dies at 52 |
| Died : | 07/15/1959 | Peter A Egge, Norwegian writer (The Dream), dies |
| Died : | 03/31/1959 | Peter Suhrkamp, German publisher (S Verlag), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 08/06/1959 | Preston Sturges [Edmund P Biden], US director/screenwriter, dies |
| Died : | 03/26/1959 | Raymond T Chandler, US detective writer (Long Goodbye), dies |
| Died : | 02/03/1959 | Ritchie Valens, rock vocalist (Donna), dies in a plane crash |
| Died : | 09/25/1959 | S W R D Bandaranaike, Ceylon's PM, assassinated by a Buddhist monk |
| Died : | 05/14/1959 | Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62 |
| Died : | 09/26/1959 | Solomon Bandaranaike, PM of Ceylon (1956-59) assassinated at 60 |
| Died : | 02/17/1959 | Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's NY Giants, dies |
| Died : | 03/28/1959 | W C Handy, jazz star, dies at 85 |
| Died : | 12/09/1959 | Walter Compton, news anchor (DuMont Evening News), dies at 47 |
| Died : | 12/19/1959 | Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117 |
| Died : | 08/16/1959 | William "Bull" F Halsey, US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific), dies |
| Died : | 10/03/1959 | William Bishop, actor (Steve-It's a Great Life), dies at 42 |
| Died : | 02/08/1959 | William J "Wild Bill" Donovan, Office Strategic Services, dies at 76 |
| Interest: | 01/14/1959 | [Lutheran] Commemoration of Eivind Berggrav, bishop of Oslo |
| Special : | 09/12/1959 | "Bonanza" premiers on NBC-TV |
| Special : | 01/05/1959 | "Bozo the Clown" live children's show premiers on TV |
| Special : | 09/11/1959 | "Duke" Ellington wins Springarn Medal for his musical achievements |
| Special : | 11/23/1959 | "Fiorello!" premiers on Broadway |
| Special : | 07/02/1959 | "Plan 9 From Outer Space," one of the worse films ever, premieres |
| Special : | 03/11/1959 | "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens |
| Special : | 01/09/1959 | "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premiers on CBS TV |
| Special : | 03/29/1959 | "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premiers |
| Special : | 11/16/1959 | "Sound of Music" opens on Broadway |
| Special : | 04/27/1959 | "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France) |
| Special : | 10/15/1959 | "Untouchables" premiers |
| Special : | 02/14/1959 | $3.6 million heroin seizure in NYC |
| Special : | 04/14/1959 | (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Wash DC |
| Special : | 10/29/1959 | 10 nation soccer league to play all games on NY Randalls Is, announced |
| Special : | 12/21/1959 | 10th largest snowfall in NYC history (13.7") |
| Special : | 12/01/1959 | 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica |
| Special : | 04/21/1959 | 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod |
| Special : | 04/09/1959 | 1st 7 astronauts presented to press |
| Special : | 02/22/1959 | 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins |
| Special : | 12/19/1959 | 1st Liberty Bowl game-Penn State beats Alabama 7-0 |
| Special : | 11/01/1959 | 1st NHL goalie to wear a hockey mask (Jacques Plante) |
| Special : | 06/03/1959 | 1st US Air Force Academy graduation |
| Special : | 03/03/1959 | 1st US probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, is launched |
| Special : | 10/01/1959 | 1st World Series since 1948 not to feature a NY team (LA vs Chic) |
| Special : | 07/14/1959 | 1st atomic powered cruiser, Long Beach, Quincy Mass |
| Special : | 07/21/1959 | 1st atomic powered merchant ship, Savannah, christened, Camden NJ |
| Special : | 03/07/1959 | 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) |
| Special : | 06/09/1959 | 1st ballistic missile sub launched (George Washington-Groton, Ct) |
| Special : | 07/18/1959 | 1st black to win a major golf tournament (William Wright) |
| Special : | 12/01/1959 | 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space |
| Special : | 11/11/1959 | 1st episode of "Rocky & His Friends" airs |
| Special : | 04/23/1959 | 1st heliport in Britain opens in London |
| Special : | 05/24/1959 | 1st house with built-in bomb shelter exhibited, Pleasant Hills, Pa |
| Special : | 12/17/1959 | 1st movie opening simultaneously in major cities (On The Beach) |
| Special : | 06/08/1959 | 1st official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Fla) |
| Special : | 08/12/1959 | 1st ship firing of a Polaris missile, Observation Island |
| Special : | 01/02/1959 | 1st spacecraft to orbit the Sun launched (USSR) |
| Special : | 06/18/1959 | 1st telecast transmitted from England to US |
| Special : | 01/25/1959 | 1st transcontinental coml jet flight (American) (LA to NY for $301) |
| Special : | 02/17/1959 | 1st weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8 kg |
| Special : | 10/04/1959 | 1st world series game played west of St Louis (in LA) |
| Special : | 07/17/1959 | 2,000 ft long by 1,300 foot wide section of ridge falls into Madis |
| Special : | 08/05/1959 | 42.4 cm rainfall in Decatur Co, Iowa (state record) |
| Special : | 08/03/1959 | 50 killed in uprising in Guinea-Bissau |
| Special : | 08/17/1959 | 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park |
| Special : | 12/25/1959 | A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swatstikas |
| Special : | 11/05/1959 | AFL announced with 8 teams |
| Special : | 08/14/1959 | AFL organized with NY, Dallas, LA, Minneapolis, Denver & Houston |
| Special : | 11/22/1959 | AFL's 1st draft - NY Titans choice George Izo, QB, Notre Dame |
| Special : | 08/03/1959 | AL beats NL 5-3 in 27th All Star Game (Dodger Stadium) |
| Special : | 01/03/1959 | Alaska admitted as 49th US state |
| Special : | 04/21/1959 | Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark |
| Special : | 06/02/1959 | Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "Lysergic Acid," SF |
| Special : | 07/04/1959 | America's new 49-star flag honoring Alaska statehood unfurled |
| Special : | 02/03/1959 | American Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65 |
| Special : | 02/15/1959 | Antonio Segni forms Italian cabinet |
| Special : | 12/13/1959 | Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus |
| Special : | 12/14/1959 | Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus |
| Special : | 03/01/1959 | Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years |
| Special : | 04/05/1959 | Art Wall wins golf's Masters |
| Special : | 03/17/1959 | Australia & USSR recover diplomatic relations |
| Special : | 08/31/1959 | Australia defeats US for tennis' Davis Cup |
| Special : | 12/27/1959 | Balt Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game |
| Special : | 04/09/1959 | Balt Orioles pull their 2nd triple play (3-6-3 vs Wash Senators) |
| Special : | 02/13/1959 | Barbie doll goes on sale |
| Special : | 08/20/1959 | Belgium shortens conscription to 12 months |
| Special : | 11/03/1959 | Ben Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election) |
| Special : | 07/05/1959 | Ben-Gurion's Israeli cabinet resigns |
| Special : | 05/22/1959 | Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes 1st black gen-major in USAF |
| Special : | 03/18/1959 | Bill Sharman begins a streak of 56 consecutive foul shots |
| Special : | 04/09/1959 | Bill Sharman hits a record 56 consecutive foul shot |
| Special : | 12/01/1959 | Billy Cannon (Louisiana halfback) wins Heisman trophy |
| Special : | 06/13/1959 | Billy Casper wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 08/02/1959 | Bob Rosburg wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 01/11/1959 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke |
| Special : | 03/18/1959 | Boston Celtic's Bill Sharman begins record of 56 straight free-throws |
| Special : | 04/09/1959 | Boston Celtics win 8th consecutive NBA championship (record) |
| Special : | 11/22/1959 | Boston Patriots enters AFL |
| Special : | 03/03/1959 | Brit govt arrests Hastings Banda of Nyasaland, ends emergency crisis |
| Special : | 02/19/1959 | British/Turkish/Greek accord over Cyprus' independence |
| Special : | 01/05/1959 | Buddy Holly releases his last record "It Doesn't Matter" |
| Special : | 02/02/1959 | Buddy Holly's last performance |
| Special : | 10/28/1959 | Buffalo Bills enter AFL |
| Special : | 07/26/1959 | C Hoffmeister discovers asteroid #2183 |
| Special : | 03/21/1959 | California wins NCAA basketball championship |
| Special : | 01/01/1959 | Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dom Rep |
| Special : | 07/04/1959 | Cayman Islands separated from Jamaica, made a crown colony |
| Special : | 02/07/1959 | Cessna lands in Las Vegas after 65 d without landing (refuels in air) |
| Special : | 01/01/1959 | Chad becomes autonomous republic in French Community |
| Special : | 11/02/1959 | Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21," was fixed |
| Special : | 05/29/1959 | Charles de Gaulle forms French govt |
| Special : | 01/08/1959 | Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as pres of France's 5th Republic |
| Special : | 08/05/1959 | Chic Cardinals (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 55-26 in Toronto |
| Special : | 09/22/1959 | Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennent |
| Special : | 10/23/1959 | Chinese troops move into India, 17 die |
| Special : | 08/22/1959 | Cin Red Frank Robinson hits 3 consecutive HRs |
| Special : | 12/21/1959 | Citizens of Deerfield Ill block building of interracial housing |
| Special : | 05/28/1959 | Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts |
| Special : | 10/08/1959 | Conservatives win British election |
| Special : | 06/01/1959 | Constitution of Tunisia promulgated (National Day) |
| Special : | 10/21/1959 | Contra revolutionaries bomb Havana |
| Special : | 04/26/1959 | Cuba invades Panama |
| Special : | 01/02/1959 | Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista flees |
| Special : | 03/17/1959 | Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India |
| Special : | 01/09/1959 | Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die |
| Special : | 04/16/1959 | Datu Abdul Rozak inaugrated as premier of Malaysia federation |
| Special : | 11/17/1959 | De Beers firm of South Africa announces synthetic diamond |
| Special : | 01/13/1959 | De Gaulle grants amnesity to 130 to Algerian death row convicts |
| Special : | 10/03/1959 | Dike Lemmer-Urk closed |
| Special : | 12/08/1959 | Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta |
| Special : | 07/17/1959 | Dr Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) |
| Special : | 06/30/1959 | During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time |
| Special : | 03/12/1959 | Dutch Liberal Party wins Second-Parliamentary election |
| Special : | 06/17/1959 | Eamon de Valera elected pres of Ireland |
| Special : | 06/22/1959 | Eddie Lubanski bowls 2 consecutive perfect games |
| Special : | 06/03/1959 | Eisenhower routes Canadain premier Diefenbaker message off the moon |
| Special : | 09/11/1959 | Elroy Face's 22 game win streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4 |
| Special : | 05/11/1959 | Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| Special : | 12/03/1959 | Emergency crisis in Cyprus ends |
| Special : | 05/24/1959 | Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England |
| Special : | 11/04/1959 | Ernie Banks, Cubs shortstop, wins NL MVP |
| Special : | 12/15/1959 | Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me" |
| Special : | 08/07/1959 | Explorer 6 transmits 1st TV photo of Earth from space |
| Special : | 09/28/1959 | Explorer VI reveals an intense radation belt around Earth |
| Special : | 10/07/1959 | Far side of Moon seen for 1st time, compliments of USSR's Luna 3 |
| Special : | 03/06/1959 | Farthest radio signal heard (Pioneer IV, 400,000 miles) |
| Special : | 04/04/1959 | Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960) |
| Special : | 02/16/1959 | Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba |
| Special : | 04/15/1959 | Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour |
| Special : | 02/06/1959 | Fidel Castro is interviewed by Edward R Murrow |
| Special : | 10/19/1959 | Florence Henderson joins Today Show panel |
| Special : | 11/19/1959 | Ford cancels Edsel |
| Special : | 04/12/1959 | France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria |
| Special : | 03/25/1959 | French pres De Gaulle acknowledges Oder-Neisse boundary |
| Special : | 02/19/1959 | Gabon adopts its constitution |
| Special : | 12/30/1959 | George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned |
| Special : | 09/09/1959 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2065 Spicer |
| Special : | 11/08/1959 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2848 |
| Special : | 03/08/1959 | Groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together |
| Special : | 10/21/1959 | Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens (NYC) |
| Special : | 05/26/1959 | Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th |
| Special : | 08/21/1959 | Hawaii becomes 50th US state |
| Special : | 07/28/1959 | Hawaii's 1st US election sends 1st Asian-Americans to Congress |
| Special : | 05/01/1959 | Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Brian London |
| Special : | 07/01/1959 | Heinrich Lbke elected pres of West-Germany |
| Special : | 03/12/1959 | House joins Senate approving Hawaii statehood |
| Special : | 07/05/1959 | Indonesia restores constitution |
| Special : | 06/26/1959 | Ingemar Johansson of Sweden KOs Floyd Patterson as boxing champ |
| Special : | 03/05/1959 | Iran & US sign economic treaty |
| Special : | 03/16/1959 | Iraq & USSR sign economic/technical treaty |
| Special : | 03/24/1959 | Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact |
| Special : | 07/01/1959 | Israeli Knesseth agress to weapon sales to West-Germany |
| Special : | 01/26/1959 | Italy cabinet-Fanfani forms |
| Special : | 12/14/1959 | J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513 m |
| Special : | 11/21/1959 | Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet |
| Special : | 04/10/1959 | Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda |
| Special : | 11/30/1959 | Joe Foss named 1st commissioner of AFL |
| Special : | 05/19/1959 | John de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands |
| Special : | 09/12/1959 | J nos K d r becomes premier of Hungary |
| Special : | 08/--/1959 | KAVE (now KVIO) TV channel 6 in Carlsbad, NM (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/14/1959 | KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/08/1959 | KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 04/28/1959 | KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/07/1959 | KLX-AM in Oakland Calif changes call letters to KEWB (now KNEW) |
| Special : | 10/15/1959 | KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/12/1959 | KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/26/1959 | KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/28/1959 | KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook - Oberlin, NB (NBC) begins |
| Special : | 04/28/1959 | KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/11/1959 | KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/08/1959 | KUAT TV channel 6 in Tucson, AZ (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/23/1959 | KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/25/1959 | Khrushchev visits Angolia |
| Special : | 11/14/1959 | Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii) |
| Special : | 01/13/1959 | King Boudewn promises Belgian Congo independence |
| Special : | 10/08/1959 | LA Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2 in 56th World Series |
| Special : | 02/28/1959 | Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit |
| Special : | 10/31/1959 | Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US |
| Special : | 04/27/1959 | Liu Sjau-chi elected president of China PR |
| Special : | 05/12/1959 | Liz Taylor's 4th marriage (Eddie Fisher) |
| Special : | 02/01/1959 | Lowell Observatory discovers asteroid #2847 |
| Special : | 01/04/1959 | Luna 1 (Mechta) becomes 1st craft to leave Earth's gravity |
| Special : | 09/12/1959 | Luna 2 launched by USSR; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon |
| Special : | 12/02/1959 | Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus |
| Special : | 06/27/1959 | Mickey Wright wins 2nd straight US Women's Golf Open |
| Special : | 08/13/1959 | Milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit) |
| Special : | 08/02/1959 | Milwaukee Brave Bill Bruton hits 2 bases loaded triples |
| Special : | 02/13/1959 | Miro Cardon, premier of Cuba, resigns |
| Special : | 04/18/1959 | Montreal Canadiens beat Tor Maple Leafs 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 06/22/1959 | Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax) |
| Special : | 04/09/1959 | NASA names 1st 7 astronauts for Project Mercury |
| Special : | 02/28/1959 | NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players |
| Special : | 07/07/1959 | NL beats AL 5-4 in 26th All Star Game (Pittsbugh Forbes Field) |
| Special : | 12/22/1959 | NY Ranger goalie Marcel Paille wears a customized mask |
| Special : | 04/16/1959 | NY Yankees unveil their 1st message scoreboard |
| Special : | 04/24/1959 | Neth Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier) |
| Special : | 10/04/1959 | Netherlands beats Belgium 9-1 |
| Special : | 08/01/1959 | New Continental baseball league formed |
| Special : | 09/19/1959 | Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland |
| Special : | 04/07/1959 | Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years |
| Special : | 09/11/1959 | Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0 |
| Special : | 10/10/1959 | Pan Am begins regular flights around the World |
| Special : | 11/01/1959 | Patrice Lumumba arrested in Belgian Congo |
| Special : | 04/16/1959 | Phils' Dave Philley gets a major league record 9th straight pinch hit |
| Special : | 06/29/1959 | Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, & peace, in charity" |
| Special : | 01/25/1959 | Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council |
| Special : | 06/11/1959 | Postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| Special : | 03/18/1959 | Pres Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill |
| Special : | 05/30/1959 | Pres Somoza ends emergency crisis in Nicaragua |
| Special : | 05/30/1959 | Pres Stroessner disbands Paraguay's parliament |
| Special : | 05/23/1959 | Presbyterian church accepts women preachers |
| Special : | 07/02/1959 | Prince Albert marries Princess Paola in Brussels |
| Special : | 03/08/1959 | Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq |
| Special : | 08/12/1959 | Progressive Party under John Steytler forms in South Africa |
| Special : | 05/04/1959 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Archibald Macleish (JB) |
| Special : | 06/26/1959 | Queen Elizabeth & Pres Eisenhower open St Lawrence Seaway |
| Special : | 10/17/1959 | Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse |
| Special : | 04/07/1959 | Radar 1st bounced off Sun, Stanford Calif |
| Special : | 10/27/1959 | Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico |
| Special : | 03/15/1959 | Robert Foster sets record by staying underwater 13 m 42.5 s |
| Special : | 11/15/1959 | Robert White & Perry Smith kill Clutters |
| Special : | 06/10/1959 | Rocky Colovito hits 4 HRs in 1 game |
| Special : | 10/02/1959 | Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS |
| Special : | 03/03/1959 | SF Giant's rename their stadium Candlestick Park |
| Special : | 06/12/1959 | SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game |
| Special : | 09/26/1959 | SF Giants Sam Jones 2nd no-hitter, beats St Louis Cards, 4-0 |
| Special : | 07/06/1959 | Saar becomes part of German Federal Republic |
| Special : | 05/17/1959 | Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122 |
| Special : | 12/18/1959 | Sammy Baugh named 1st coach of NY Titans (AFL) |
| Special : | 08/19/1959 | Satellite Discoverer 6 launched into polar orbit |
| Special : | 11/11/1959 | Seals Stadium in San Francisco, demolished |
| Special : | 06/19/1959 | Senate rejects Ike's appointment of Lewis Strauss for Sec of Comm |
| Special : | 12/21/1959 | Shah of Persia marries Farah Diba |
| Special : | 05/20/1959 | Shah of Persia visits Netherlands |
| Special : | 06/03/1959 | Singapore adopts constitution |
| Special : | 10/06/1959 | Single game World Series attendence record set (92,706 in LA) |
| Special : | 12/16/1959 | Snow falling in Lowarai Pass West Pakistan kills 48 |
| Special : | 10/06/1959 | Soviet Luna 3, 1st successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon |
| Special : | 09/15/1959 | Soviet Premier Khrushchev arrives in US to begin a 13-day visit |
| Special : | 01/28/1959 | Soviet Union wins 62-37 for 1st international basketball loss by US |
| Special : | 05/10/1959 | Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan |
| Special : | 09/27/1959 | Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit |
| Special : | 04/25/1959 | St Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping |
| Special : | 09/29/1959 | Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution |
| Special : | 05/25/1959 | Supreme ct rules La prohibiting black-white boxing unconstitutional |
| Special : | 02/01/1959 | Swiss males vote against voting rights for women |
| Special : | 02/01/1959 | Texas Instruments gets patent on IC, Integrated Circuit |
| Special : | 03/31/1959 | Tibet's Dalai Lama reaches India |
| Special : | 05/03/1959 | Tiger's Charlie Maxwell hits 4 consecutive HRs in a doubleheader |
| Special : | 09/17/1959 | Transit 1A, 1st navigational satellite launched; failed to orbit |
| Special : | 11/08/1959 | Tunisian pres Habib Bourguiba's Nes Destour party wins every chair |
| Special : | 09/27/1959 | Typhoon Vera, hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000 |
| Special : | 09/17/1959 | Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan & Korea |
| Special : | 12/12/1959 | UN Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established |
| Special : | 11/20/1959 | UN adopts Universal Declaration of Children's Rights |
| Special : | 02/06/1959 | US 1st successful Titan intercontinental ballistic missile |
| Special : | 03/04/1959 | US Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artifical planet |
| Special : | 09/02/1959 | US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris |
| Special : | 04/15/1959 | US Sect of States John Foster Dulles resigns |
| Special : | 01/07/1959 | US recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban govt |
| Special : | 01/22/1959 | USAF concludes less than 1% of UFO's are unknown objects |
| Special : | 04/13/1959 | USAF launches Discover II into polar orbit |
| Special : | 02/19/1959 | USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), NM |
| Special : | 10/31/1959 | USSR & Egypt sign contracts for building Aswan Dam |
| Special : | 08/17/1959 | USSR & Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor |
| Special : | 10/04/1959 | USSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side |
| Special : | 08/16/1959 | USSR introduces installment buying |
| Special : | 01/02/1959 | USSR launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit |
| Special : | 09/13/1959 | USSR's Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body |
| Special : | 03/10/1959 | Uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet |
| Special : | 04/19/1959 | Uprising in La Paz Bolivia, fails |
| Special : | 07/24/1959 | VP Nixon argues with Khrushchev, known as "Kitchen Debate" |
| Special : | 07/23/1959 | VP Richard Nixon begins visit on USSR |
| Special : | 09/18/1959 | Vanguard 3 launched into Earth orbit |
| Special : | 04/13/1959 | Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed) |
| Special : | 06/22/1959 | Vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed) |
| Special : | 04/13/1959 | Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists |
| Special : | 09/26/1959 | Vera, Japan hit by a typhoon; about 5,000 die |
| Special : | 02/02/1959 | Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers |
| Special : | 08/01/1959 | WAAY TV channel 31 in Huntsville, AL (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/20/1959 | WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal |
| Special : | 10/20/1959 | WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 07/06/1959 | WENH TV channel 11 in Durham, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/24/1959 | WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford, CT (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/24/1959 | WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/15/1959 | WILX TV channel 10 in Lansing, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/14/1959 | WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/30/1959 | WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/01/1959 | WOV-AM in NYC changes call letters to WADO |
| Special : | 09/14/1959 | WQEX TV channel 16 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/16/1959 | WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/01/1959 | WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, WI (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/01/1959 | WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/29/1959 | Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released |
| Special : | 09/05/1959 | Wash Senator Jim Lemon is 7th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (3rd) |
| Special : | 05/01/1959 | West Germany ntroduces 5 day work week |
| Special : | 05/01/1959 | White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR |
| Special : | 07/01/1959 | World Refugee Year begins |
| Special : | 05/30/1959 | World's 1st hovercraft tested at Cowes England |
| Special : | 06/08/1959 | X-15 makes 1st unpowered flight, from a B-52 at 11,500 m |
| Special : | 05/20/1959 | Yanks sink to last place, 1st time since May 25, 1940 |
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