1959 Calendar
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1959 Historical Event(s)
January 1, 1959
– Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro’s forces during the Cuban Revolution.
February 8, 1959
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.
March 17, 1959
– Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
April 10, 1959
– Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko.
May 18, 1959
– Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea.
August 3, 1959
– Portugal’s state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
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 23, 1959
– The MS Princess of Tasmania, Australia’s first passenger roll-on/roll-off diesel ferry, makes her maiden voyage across Bass Strait.
November 2, 1959
– The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway
November 19, 1959
– The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
Who Were Born On 1959?
January 17, 1959
– Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress
January 21, 1959
– Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager
April 21, 1959
– Jerry Only, American musician (The Misfits)
April 30, 1959
– Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
May 2, 1959
– Tony Wakeford, English musician (Sol Invictus)
May 10, 1959
– Danny Schayes, American basketball player
May 20, 1959
– Susan Cowsill, American musician
August 29, 1959
– Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut
September 16, 1959
– Victory Tischler-Blue, bassist and film and television producer
October 3, 1959
– Jack Wagner, American actor and singer