1959 Calendar
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1959 Historical Event(s)
- 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 17, 1959 – Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 – The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
- March 17, 1959 – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
- April 25, 1959 – The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
- June 26, 1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America’s Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
- July 29, 1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
- September 12, 1959 – Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
- September 14, 1959 – The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
- December 29, 1959 – The Lisbon Metro begins operation.
Who Were Born On 1959?
- March 6, 1959 – Tom Arnold, American actor and comedian
- March 30, 1959 – Sabine Meyer, German clarinetist
- May 20, 1959 – Susan Cowsill, American musician
- June 15, 1959 – Alan Brazil, British footballer
- September 9, 1959 – Tom Foley, American baseball player and coach
- September 14, 1959 – Morten Harket, Norwegian singer (a-ha)
- September 23, 1959 – Martin Page, English singer and songwriter
- October 4, 1959 – Chris Lowe, British musician (Pet Shop Boys)
- November 29, 1959 – Rich Camarillo, American football player
- December 8, 1959 – Stephen Jefferies, South African cricketer