Page 4: Historical Events In 1959

Feb 28   In the year 1959 maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies at 70   

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

Feb 28   On this day in history the first polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched   

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

Mar 01   In the year 1959 beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament   

Mar 02   Eric Blore, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   Lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52 in the year 1959.   

Mar 03   In the year 1959 the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.   

Mar 04   In the year 1959 pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon   

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

Mar 05   Iran & US sign economic & military treaty in the year 1959.   

Mar 06   11st Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr on this day in history.   

Mar 06   11th Emmy Awards Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr in the year 1959.   

Mar 06   In the year 1959 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 07   "Bells Are Ringing" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 925 perfs in the year 1959.   

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

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   On this day in history the first aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 Mkm) in a jet (MC Garlow)   

Mar 07   West Indies all out 76 vs Pakistan at Dacca, Fazal Mahmood 6-34 on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Abdel Wahab Shawwaf, Iraqi colonel/putschist, murdered on this day in history.   

Mar 08   On this day in history groucho, Chico & Harpo's final TV appearance together   

Mar 08   On this day in history groucho, Chico &Harpo's final TV appearance together   

Mar 08   Pro-Egyptian coup fails in Mosul Iraq in the year 1959.   

Mar 09   "Juno" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 16 performances on this day in history.   

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

Mar 09   The first known radar contact is made with Venus on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history dorothy Comiskey Rigney, sells 54% of White Sox to Bill Veeck   

Mar 10   On this day in history uprising against Chinese occupation force in Lhasa Tibet   

Mar 11   In the year 1959 "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 in the year 1959.   

Jan 04   In the year 1959 birth of vanity, [Denise Marquardt], Ontario Canada, actress (52 Pick Up)   

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

Jan 05   Kapil Dev, India's cricket player was born in the year 1959.   

Jan 07   Kathy Valentine, rocker (Go-Go's-We Got the Beat) was born in the year 1959.   

Jan 08   Michael Harwood, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer was born in the year 1959.   

Jan 08   Paul Hester, Australian drummer (d. 2005) was born in the year 1959.   

Jan 06   On this day in history jose Enrique Pedreira, composer, dies at 54   

Jan 09   On this day in history paul Malengreau, composer, dies at 71   

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

Jan 17   On this day in history abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi   

Jan 20   On this day in history death of carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31   

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   On this day in history joseph Sprinzak, Speaker of Israel Knesset (1949-59), dies at 73