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1959 Calendar

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•  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.
•  March 24, 1959 – The Party of the African Federation is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
•  March 31, 1959 – The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
•  June 5, 1959 – The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
•  August 7, 1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the “sheaves of wheat” design, and was minted until 2008.
•  August 14, 1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
•  August 17, 1959 – Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Yellowstone earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
•  September 8, 1959 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
•  September 15, 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.

•  January 10, 1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American congressman
•  February 13, 1959 – Gord Hampson, Canadian ice hockey player
•  March 13, 1959 – Kathy Hilton, socialite-Hilton Hotels, mother of Nicky Hilton and Paris Hilton
•  May 7, 1959 – Michael E. Knight, American actor
•  June 6, 1959 – Josie Lawrence, British comedienne and actress
•  June 16, 1959 – John Franklin, American actor
•  July 15, 1959 – Shep Pettibone, American record producer
•  August 29, 1959 – Stephen Wolfram, British physicist and mathematician
•  October 6, 1959 – Brian Higgins, American politician, and Member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
•  November 1, 1959 – Eriko Hara, Japanese voice actress