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1959 Calendar
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1959 Historical Event(s)
- January 4, 1959 – Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
- February 8, 1959 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.
- March 24, 1959 – The Party of the African Federation is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.
- April 10, 1959 – Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko.
- June 9, 1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
- 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 14, 1959 – The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
- October 7, 1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
- November 1, 1959 – In Rwanda, Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa is beaten up by Tutsi forces, leading to a period of violence known as the wind of destruction.
- December 29, 1959 – Physicist Richard Feynman gives a speech entitled “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom”, which is regarded as the birth of nanotechnology.
Who Were Born On 1959?
- January 19, 1959 – Jeff Pilson, American bass guitarist
- March 5, 1959 – Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian politician and 7th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 1999)
- March 20, 1959 – Dave Beasant, English football goalkeeper
- April 10, 1959 – Yvan Loubier, Canadian politician
- July 7, 1959 – Jessica Hahn, American model
- July 8, 1959 – Robert Knepper, American actor
- September 20, 1959 – Joanna Domańska, Polish classical pianist and music teacher
- October 21, 1959 – Andy Picheta, English film director
- November 7, 1959 – Alexandre Guimarães, Costa Rican football manager
- November 29, 1959 – Rahm Emanuel, American politician