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1959 Calendar

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•  January 1, 1959 – Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro’s forces during the Cuban Revolution.
•  January 3, 1959 – Separatists in the Maldives declare the establishment of the United Suvadive Republic.
•  February 6, 1959 – At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
•  February 8, 1959 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.
•  February 19, 1959 – The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
•  July 21, 1959 – Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
•  August 17, 1959 – Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.
•  September 26, 1959 – Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
•  September 27, 1959 – Nearly 5000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
•  October 12, 1959 – At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde.

•  January 22, 1959 – Linda Blair, American actress
•  February 10, 1959 – John Calipari, American basketball coach
•  February 22, 1959 – Jiří Čunek, Czech politician
•  July 16, 1959 – Doug Herzog, American television executive
•  August 13, 1959 – Bruce French, England cricketer
•  October 10, 1959 – Bradley Whitford, American actor
•  October 16, 1959 – Erkki-Sven Tüür, Estonian composer
•  October 17, 1959 – Ron Drummond, American writer
•  November 9, 1959 – Nick Hamilton, American wrestling referee