Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In 1959
Monday, 20 January 2025
Apr 25 On this day in history 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 in the year 1959.
Apr 26 Cuba invades Panama in the year 1959.
Apr 27 In the year 1959 "Today" show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)
Apr 27 In the year 1959 "Today" show goes abroard the first time (Paris France)
Apr 27 Gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies in the year 1959.
Apr 27 Gordon Armstrong, inventor (baby incubator), dies on this day in history.
Apr 28 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
Apr 30 In the year 1959 armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81
May 01 In the year 1959 floyd Patterson KOs Brian London in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
May 01 On this day in history oscar Torp, Norwegian premier, dies
May 01 In the year 1959 streetcars in Ottawa replaced by buses.
May 01 On this day in history west Germany introduces 5 day work week
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 The first Grammy Awards: Perry Como &Ella Fitzgerald win in the year 1959.
May 06 Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships in the year 1959.
May 08 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship; 200 drown just yards from shore on this day in history.
May 08 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55 in the year 1959.
May 10 Soviet forces arrive in Afghánistán on this day in history.
May 11 In the year 1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes & Connie Stevens hits #4
May 11 Elvis Presley's first entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" on this day in history.
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) on this day in history.
May 14 On this day in history sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
May 15 In the year 1959 berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56
May 16 On this day in history joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69
May 19 In the year 1959 jan de Quay becomes premier of Netherlands
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 on this day in history.
May 20 Shah of Persia visits Netherlands in the year 1959.
May 21 On this day in history cleveland Metroparks Zoo Children's Petting Farm opens
May 22 On this day in history benjamin O Davis Jr becomes first black general-major in USAF
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