1959 34662 225356416 2008-07-13T07:13:08Z Footballfan190 5962983 /* Births */ {{otheruses|1959 (disambiguation)}} {{year nav|1959}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} The year '''1959''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] (link will display full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. ==Table of contents== __TOC__ == Events of 1959 == {{Month3|1|3|0}} [[Image:FidelGuerilla.JPG|thumb|135px|right| [[January 2]]: [[Fidel Castro|Castro]]'s guerilla troops]] ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> *[[January 1]] **<!--January 1-->[[Cultivar]]s of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in [[Latin]]. **<!--January 1-->[[Cuba]]: [[Fulgencio Batista]] flees [[Havana]] when forces of [[Fidel Castro]] advance. * [[January 2]] **<!--January 2-->[[CBS|CBS Radio]] cuts four soap operas: ''[[Backstage Wife]]'', ''[[Our Gal Sunday]]'', ''[[Road of Life]]'', and ''[[This is Nora Drake]]''. **<!--January 2--> Castro's troops approach [[Havana]]. * [[January 3]] **<!--January 3-->Island of [[Addu]] in the [[Maldives]] declares [[independence]]. **<!--January 3-->[[Alaska]] is admitted as the 49th [[U.S. state]]. * [[January 4]] **<!--January 4-->In [[Cuba]], rebel troops led by [[Che Guevara]] and [[Camilo Cienfuegos]] enter the city of [[Havana]]. **<!--January 4-->In [[Léopoldville]] 42 people are killed during food fights between the police and participants of a meeting of the [[Abako]] party. * [[January 6]] - [[Fidel Castro]] arrives in Havana. * [[January 7]] - The [[United States]] recognizes the new [[Cuba]]n government of [[Fidel Castro]]. * [[January 8]] - [[Charles de Gaulle|Charles De Gaulle]] inaugurated as the first president of [[French Fifth Republic]]. * [[January 12]] - The [[Caves of Nerja]] were discovered in [[Spain]]. [[Image:Flag of Alaska.svg|thumb|54px|right| [[January 3|Jan.3]] [[Alaska]]]] * [[January 13]] - [[Cuba]]n [[communist]]s execute 71 supporters of [[Fulgencio Batista]]. * [[January 22]] - [[Knox Mine Disaster]] - water breaches [[River Slope]] mine in [[Port Griffith, Pennsylvania]] - 12 miners dead. * [[January 24]] - The formation of the [[Nu Tetarton]] chapter of [[Phi Sigma Kappa]] at [[Rutgers University]]. * [[January 25]] - [[Pope John XXIII]] announces that the [[Second Vatican Council]] will be convened in [[Rome]]. {{-}}<!-- split before next section --> ===February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> {{Month3|2|6|0}} [[Image:HollyGrave850909.JPG|thumb|180px|right| [[February 3|Feb. 3]]: Crash kills musicians]] * [[February 1]] - A [[Swiss women's suffrage referendum, 1959|referendum in Switzerland]] turns down [[female suffrage]]. * [[February 3]] - The chartered plane transporting musicians [[Buddy Holly]], [[Ritchie Valens]] and the [[Big Bopper]] goes down in foggy conditions near [[Clear Lake, Iowa]], killing all four occupants on board. The tragedy is later termed "[[The Day the Music Died]]" popularized in [[Don McLean]]'s song "[[American Pie]]". * [[February 6]] - At [[Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]], the first successful test firing of a [[Titan intercontinental ballistic missile]] is accomplished. * [[February 13]] - *[[TAT-2]] cable goes into operation. * [[February 16]] **<!--February 16-->[[Fidel Castro]] becomes Premier of [[Cuba]]. **<!--February 16-->A [[blizzard]] causes a massive power outage in [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]. * [[February 17]] - USA launches the [[Vanguard II]] [[weather satellite]]. * [[February 18]] **<!--February 18-->[[Jesús Sosa Blanco]], murderer of 108 people, executed in [[Cuba]]. **<!--February 18-->Women in [[Nepal]] vote for the first time. * [[February 19]] - The [[United Kingdom]] grants [[Cyprus]] its independence. * [[February 20]] - The [[Canadian Government]] cancels the [[CF-105 Arrow]] project. * [[February 22]] - [[Lee Petty]] wins the first [[Daytona 500]]. * [[February 26]] - Author [[Walter Mene]] throws acid on a [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]] painting in [[Munich]]. {{-}}<!-- split section --> ===March=== {{Month3|3|6|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[March 1]] **<!--March 1-->[[USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)|USS Tuscaloosa]], [[USS New Orleans (CA-32)|USS New Orleans]], [[USS Tennessee (BB-43)|USS Tennessee]] and [[USS West Virginia (BB-48)|USS West Virginia]] struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]]. **<!--March 1-->[[Archbishop]] [[Makarios III|Makarios]] returns to [[Cyprus]] from exile. * [[March 8]] - Last television appearance of [[The Marx Brothers]], in [[The Incredible Jewel Robbery]]. * [[March 9]] - The [[Barbie]] doll debuts. * [[March 10]] - [[1959 Tibetan uprising|Tibetan uprising]] against ten years of [[China|Chinese]] occupation in [[Lhasa]]. * [[March 11]] **<!--March 11-->''Een beetje'' by Teddy Scholten (music by Dick Schallies, text by Willy van Hemert) wins [[Eurovision Song Contest 1959]] for [[Netherlands]]. **<!--March 11-->''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]'' by [[Lorraine Hansberry]] opens on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in [[New York]]. * [[March 12]] - Production of the first solid gold "Glaussen [[Pennies]]". * [[March 17]] - [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama|Tenzin Gyatso]], the 14th [[Dalai Lama]], flees [[Tibet]] and travels to [[India]]. * [[March 18]] - American President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs bill allowing for [[Hawaii]]an statehood. * [[March 19]] - Two other islands join [[Addu]] in the [[United Suvadive Republic]] (abolished September [[1963]]), in the Maldives Islands. * [[March 31]] **<!--March 31-->[[Busch Gardens]] in [[Tampa, Florida]] is dedicated and opens its gates. **<!--March 31-->[[Dalai Lama]] leaves [[Tibet]]. {{-}}<!-- split section --> ===April=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> {{Month3|4|2|0}} * [[April 6]] - [[31st Academy Awards]] ceremony * [[April 9]] - [[NASA]] announces its selection of seven military pilots to become the first US astronauts (see [[Mercury Seven]]). * [[April 10]] - [[Emperor Akihito|Japanese prince Akihito]] married [[Empress Michiko of Japan|Shōda Michiko]]. * [[April 25]] - The [[St. Lawrence Seaway]] linking the North American [[Great Lakes (North America)|Great Lakes]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]] officially opens to [[shipping]]. {{-}}<!-- split section --> ===May=== {{Month3|5|4|0}} *May - First [[Ten Tors]] event held in [[Dartmoor]]. * late May / early June - [[import tariff]]s lifted in the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[May 18]] - Launching of the [[National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire]] in [[Conakry]], [[Guinea]]. * [[May 24]] - British Empire Day is renamed [[Commonwealth Day]]. {{-}}<!-- split section --> ===June=== {{Month3|6|0|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[June 3]] - [[Singapore]] becomes a self governing crown colony of Britain with [[Lee Kuan Yew]] as Prime Minister. * [[June 5]] - A new government of the [[Singapore|State of Singapore]] is sworn in by Sir William Goode. Two former Ministers were re-elected to the Legislative Assembly. * [[June 8]] - The [[USS Barbero (SS-317)|USS ''Barbero'']] and [[United States Postal Service]] attempt the delivery of mail via [[Missile Mail]]. * [[June 9]] - The [[USS George Washington (SSBN-598)|USS ''George Washington'']] is launched as the first [[submarine]] to carry [[ballistic missile]]s. * [[June 14]] - A three-front revolutionary invasion by air and sea takes place in the [[Dominican Republic]] consisting of exiles aided by [[Fidel Castro]] whose purpose was to overthrow [[dictator]] [[Rafael Leonidas Trujillo]]. Within a few days all but four are captured and executed. Trujillo is killed less than two years later by men partly inspired by the deaths of the 1959 revolutionaries. * [[June 18]] - The film ''[[The Nun's Story (film)|The Nun's Story]]'', based on the best-selling novel, is released. [[Audrey Hepburn]] stars as the title character; she will later say that this is her favorite film role. The film is a box-office hit, and is nominated for several Oscars. * [[June 23]] **<!--June 23-->[[Sean Lemass]] becomes the third [[Taoiseach]] of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. **<!--June 23-->Convicted [[Manhattan Project]] spy [[Klaus Fuchs]] is released after only nine years in British prison and allowed to emigrate to [[Dresden]], [[East Germany]] (where he resumed a scientific career). * [[June 26]] **<!--June 26-->Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] and US President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] open the [[Saint Lawrence Seaway]]. **<!--June 26-->''[[Darby O'Gill and the Little People]]'', a film based on H.T. Kavanagh's short stories, is released in the U.S. by [[Walt Disney]], after world premiering in [[Ireland]]. {{-}}<!-- split section --> ===July=== {{Month3|7|2|0}} * July - The medical research group studying [[Minamata disease]] comes to the conclusion that [[mercury (element)|mercury]] is the cause. * [[July 1]] - The opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway by Canada and the United States, officiated by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II * [[July 2]] - Royal wedding in [[Belgium]]: Prince Albert marries the Italian princess [[Paola Ruffo di Calabria]]. * [[July 4]] - With the admission of [[Alaska]] as the 49th [[U.S. state]] earlier in the year, the 49-star [[flag of the United States]] debuts in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. * [[July 7]] - 14:28 UT [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] occulted the star [[Regulus]]. The rare event which will next occur on [[October 1]], [[2044]] was used for determining the diameter of Venus and the structure of Venus' atmosphere. * [[July 8]] - [[Charles Ovnand]] and [[Dale R. Buis]] become the first Americans killed in action in [[Vietnam]]. * [[July 15]] - [[Steel]] industry [[Strike action|strike]] in [[United States|USA]]. * [[July 17]] - The first skull of [[Australopithecus]] is discovered by [[Louis Leakey]] and his wife [[Mary Leakey]] in the [[Olduvai Gorge]], [[Tanzania]]. * [[July 24]] - At the opening of the American National Exhibition in [[Moscow]], US Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] and USSR Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] have a "[[kitchen debate]]." {{-}}<!-- split section --> ===August=== {{Month3|8|5|0}} * [[August 4]] - [[Martial law]] declared in [[Laos]]. * [[August 7]] - [[Explorer program]]: The [[United States]] launches [[Explorer 6]] from the Atlantic Missile Range in [[Cape Canaveral]], [[Florida]]. * [[August 7]] - [[United States]] The [[Roseburg blast|Roseburg Oregon Blast]] kills 14 and causes $12 million worth of damage. * [[August 8]] - [[Flood]] in [[Taiwan]] leaves 2,000 dead. * [[August 14]] - [[Explorer 6]] sends the first picture of Earth from space. * [[August 15]] - [[Cyprus]] gains [[independence]]. * [[August 17]] -[[United States]] [[1959 Yellowstone earthquake|Hebgen Lake Earthquake]], Southwest Montana, Kills 28 * [[August 21]] - [[Hawaii]] is admitted as the 50th [[U.S. state]]. * [[August 24]] - [[Cyprus]] joins [[United Nations]]. {{-}}<!-- split section --> ===September=== {{Month3|9|1|0}} * [[September 13]] - [[Luna 2]] crashes onto the [[Moon]] as the first man-made object on the moon. * [[September 17]] - The first ''Navy Navigation Satellite System'' [[Transit (satellite)|Transit 1A]] was launched but failed to reach orbit. * [[September 23]] - The [[Princess of Tasmania| M/S Princess of Tasmania]] [[Australia]]’s first [[passenger]] RO/RO [[diesel]] [[ferry]] makes maiden voyage across [[Bass Strait]]. * [[September 25]] - [[Ceylon]]'s prime minister [[Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike|SWRD Bandaranaike]] assassinated. * [[September 26]] - Superpower [[Typhoon Vera (1959)|Typhoon Vera]] hit central [[Honshū]]. Japanese authority estimate killing at least 5,098, injuring another 38,921, 1,533,000 are homeless. Most of victim and damage at [[Nagoya]] erea, where occurred with storm surge. [[Image:Luna 2.jpg|thumb|75px|left| [[September 13|Sept.13]]: [[Luna 2]].]] {{-}}<!-- split section --> ===October=== {{Month3|10|3|0}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[October 2]] - [[Rod Serling]]'s classic anthology series ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' premieres on [[CBS]]. * [[October 7]] - [[U.S.S.R.]] probe [[Luna 3]] sends back first ever photos of the [[far side of the Moon]]. * [[October 12]] **<!--October 12-->At the national congress of [[APRA]] in [[Peru]] a group of leftist radicals is expelled from the party. They will later form [[APRA Rebelde]]. **<!--October 12-->Large scale diamond robbery in London. * [[October 13]] - USA launches [[Explorer 7]]. * [[October 21]] - In [[New York City]], the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] opens to the public. It was designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]. * [[October 31]] **<!--October 31-->Riots in the [[Belgian Congo]]. **<!--October 31-->[[Lee Harvey Oswald]] announces in [[Moscow]] that he will never return to the [[United States]]. {{-}}<!-- split section --> ===November=== {{Month3|11|6|0}} * [[November 2]] - The first section of the [[M1 motorway]] was opened between the present junctions 5 and 18. * [[November 8]] - Leeds City Tramways closes down. * [[November 12]] - The [[Warner Bros.]] epic ''[[The Miracle (1959 film)|The Miracle]]'', very loosely based on the 1911 stage pantomime produced by [[Max Reinhardt]], is released. It is a critical and financial bomb. * [[November 15]] - The [[In Cold Blood|Clutter family]] of [[Holcomb, Kansas]] is brutally murdered. * [[November 18]] - [[MGM]]'s widescreen, multimillion dollar, [[Technicolor]] version of ''[[Ben-Hur]]'', starring [[Charlton Heston]], is released and becomes the studio's greatest hit up to that time. It is critically acclaimed and eventually wins 11 [[Academy Awards]] - a record held until [[1998]], when 1997's ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'' becomes the first film to equal the record. {{-}}<!-- split section --> ===December=== {{Month3|12|1|0}} * [[December 1]] - [[Cold War]]: [[Antarctic Treaty]] signed - 12 countries, including the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]], sign a landmark [[treaty]], which sets aside [[Antarctica]] as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on that [[continent]] (this was the first [[arms control]] agreement established during the Cold War). * [[December 2]] - [[Malpasset dam]] in southern [[France]] collapses and water flows over the town of [[Frejus]]: 412 dead. * [[December 13]] - Three years after its first telecast, [[MGM]]'s ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' is shown on television for only the second time, but it gains an even larger viewing audience than its first television outing, spurring CBS to make it an annual tradition. * [[December 14]] - [[Makarios III]] selected first [[president of Cyprus]]. ===Undated=== *[[Pantyhose]] are introduced by [[Glen Raven Mills]]. *[[Workers World Party]] is founded by [[Sam Marcy]]. *The first known human with [[HIV]] dies in [[Belgian Congo|Congo]]. PMID 9468138 *The current (as of 2006) design of the [[Japan]]ese [[10 yen coin]] was put into circulation. *The [[Caspian Tiger]] became extinct in Iran by this date. ===Ongoing=== * [[Algerian War]] (1954-62) * [[First Sudanese Civil War]] (1955-72) * [[Marshall Plan]] * [[Mau Mau Uprising]] (1952-60) ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|Japanese=[[Shōwa]] 34}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Azali Assoumani]], [[President of the Comoros]] * [[January 5]] - [[Clancy Brown]], American actor * [[January 9]] **<!--January 9-->[[Rigoberta Menchú]], Guatemalan writer, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] **<!--January 9-->[[Mark Martin (NASCAR)|Mark Martin]], NASCAR driver * [[January 16]] - [[Sade Adu|Sade]], Nigerian-born singer * [[January 17]] - [[Susanna Hoffs]], Lead singer of The Bangles * [[January 21]] **[[Paulo Miklos]], Brazilian singer and actor **[[Alex McLeish]], [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]] and ex-[[Scotland]] manager * [[January 24]] - [[Nastassja Kinski]], German actress * [[January 27]] - [[Keith Olbermann]], American news correspondent and sportscaster * [[January 31]] - [[Kelly Moore]], American race car driver * [[February 3]] - [[Lol Tolhurst]], cofounder and former drummer/keyboardist of [[The Cure]] * [[February 4]] - [[Lawrence Taylor]], American football player * [[February 6]] - [[Ken Nelson]], English record producer * [[February 10]] - [[Dennis Gentry]], American football player * [[February 14]] - [[Renee Fleming]], American soprano * [[February 16]] - [[John McEnroe]], American tennis player * [[February 22]] - [[Kyle MacLachlan]], American actor * [[February 26]] - [[Rolando Blackman]], [[Panama]]nian basketball player ===March-April=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[March 4]] - [[Rick Ardon]], Australian news presenter * [[March 6]] - [[Tom Arnold (actor)|Tom Arnold]], American actor and comedian * [[March 8]] - [[Aidan Quinn]], Irish/American actor * [[March 9]] - [[Giovanni di Lorenzo]], German-Italian journalist and talk show host * [[March 10]] - [[Mike Wallace (NASCAR)|Mike Wallace]], American race car driver * [[March 15]] - [[Harold Baines]], baseball player * [[March 16]] **<!--March 16-->[[Flavor Flav]], American rapper **<!--March 16-->[[Jens Stoltenberg]], [[Prime Minister of Norway]] * [[March 17]] - [[Danny Ainge]], American basketball player, coach, and baseball player * [[March 18]] **<!--March 18-->[[Luc Besson]], French film producer, writer, and director **<!--March 18-->[[Irene Cara]], American singer * [[March 20]] **<!--March 20-->[[Sting (wrestler)|Steve Borden]], American wrestler **<!--March 20-->[[Steve McFadden]], British actor * [[March 21]] - [[Nobuo Uematsu]], Japanese composer * [[March 22]] - [[Matthew Modine]], American actor * [[March 23]] - [[Catherine Keener]], American actress * [[March 29]] **<!--March 20-->[[Barry Blanchard]], Canadian mountaineer **<!--March 20-->[[Perry Farrell]], American musician * [[April 1]] - [[Denise Nickerson]], American actress * [[April 2]] - [[Badou Zaki]], Morrocan football player and manager * [[April 3]] - [[David Hyde Pierce]], American actor * [[April 10]] - [[Brian Setzer]], American guitarist ([[Stray Cats]]) * [[April 11]] - [[Ana María Polo]], Cuban-born judge and television personality * [[April 15]] - [[Fruit Chan]], Hong Kong film director * [[April 16]] - [[Alison Ramsay]], Scottish field hockey player * [[April 20]] - [[Clint Howard]], American actor and producer * [[April 21]] - [[Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]], British musician ([[The Cure]]) * [[April 21]] - [[Jerry Only]] American musician Bassist ([[The Misfits]]) * [[April 22]] **<!--April 22-->[[Catherine Mary Stewart]], Canadian actress **<!--April 22-->[[Ryan Stiles]], American actor **<!--April 22-->[[Terry Francona]], American baseball player and manager * [[April 25]] - [[Tony Phillips]], American baseball player * [[April 27]] - [[Sheena Easton]], Scottish singer * [[April 30]] - [[Stephen Harper]], Canadian politician and present Prime Minister (2006- ) ===May-June=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[May 3]] - [[Uma Bharati]], Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh * [[May 3]] - [[Ben Elton]], British comedian and writer * [[May 5]] **<!--May 5-->[[Ian McCulloch (singer)|Ian McCulloch]], English singer ([[Echo & the Bunnymen]]) **<!--May 5-->[[Steve Stevens]], American guitarist **<!--May 5-->[[Peter Molyneux]], British game programmer **<!--May 5--> [[Brian Williams]], American news anchor * [[May 10]] - [[Victoria Rowell]], American actress * [[May 14]] - [[Patrick Bruel]], French singer * [[May 15]] - [[Andrew Eldritch]], British musician ([[The Sisters of Mercy]]) * [[May 17]] - [[Marcelo Loffreda]], Argentine rugby player and coach * [[May 17]] - [[Jim Nantz]], American sports announcer * [[May 19]] - [[Nicole Brown Simpson]], ex-wife of [[O.J. Simpson]] and [[murder]] [[victim]] (d. [[1994]]) * [[May 20]] - [[Israel Kamakawiwo'ole]], American singer (d. [[1997]]) * [[May 21]] - [[Brian Lenihan, Jnr]], Irish politician * [[May 22]] - [[Morrissey|Steven Morrissey]], British singer * [[May 24]] - [[Pelle Lindbergh]], Swedish-born hockey player (d. [[1985]]) * [[May 27]] - [[Katherine Lanpher]], American journalist * [[May 29]] - [[Adrian Paul]], British actor * [[June 8]] - [[Bernard White (actor)|Bernard White]], Sri Lankan-born American actor, screenwriter and film director * [[June 11]] - [[Hugh Laurie]], British actor and comedian * [[June 12]] - [[John Linnell]], American musician ([[They Might Be Giants]]) * [[June 14]] - [[Marcus Miller]], American bassist * [[June 22]] **<!--June 22-->[[Wayne Federman]], American comedian, actor, and author **<!--June 22-->[[Ed Viesturs]], American mountaineer * [[June 26]] - [[Mark McKinney]], Canadian actor and comedian * [[June 27]] - [[Clint Boon]], British musician ([[Inspiral Carpets]]) * [[June 30]] - [[Vincent D'Onofrio]], American actor ===July-August=== * [[July 3]] - [[Julie Burchill]], British journalist * [[July 6]] - [[Richard Dacoury]], French basketball player * [[July 7]] - [[Ben Linder]], American engineer (d. [[1987]]) * [[July 9]] - [[Kevin Nash]], American professional wrestler * [[July 11]] **<!--July 11-->[[Richie Sambora]], American musician **<!--July 11-->[[Suzanne Vega]], American singer * [[July 13]] - [[Richard Leman]], British field hockey player * [[July 16]] - [[Gary Anderson]], American football player * [[July 18]] - [[Mel Purcell]], American tennis player **<!--July 26-->[[Rick Bragg]], American writer **<!--July 26-->[[Kevin Spacey]], American actor * [[July 27]] - [[Hugh Green]], American football player * [[July 29]] **<!--July 29-->[[Sanjay Dutt]], Indian actor **<!--July 29-->[[Ruud Janssen]], Dutch artist * [[August 1]] - [[Joe Elliott]], British singer ([[Def Leppard]]) * [[August 2]] - [[Apollonia Kotero]], American actress and singer * [[August 3]] - [[Koichi Tanaka]], Japanese scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] * [[August 4]] - [[Robbin Crosby]], American guitarist ([[Ratt]]) (d. [[2002]]) * [[August 8]] - [[Christoph Theinert]], German cellist and composer * [[August 10]] - [[Rosanna Arquette]], American actress * [[August 11]] - [[Gustavo Cerati]], Argentinian singer **<!--August 11-->[[Yoshiaki Murakami]], Japanese investor * [[August 13]] - [[Danny Bonaduce]], American actor * [[August 14]] - [[Magic Johnson]], American basketball player * [[August 15]] - [[Scott Altman]], American astronaut * [[August 17]] **<!--August 17-->[[Jonathan Franzen]], American author **<!--August 17-->[[Brad Wellman]], American baseball player * [[August 18]] - [[June Angela]], Asian-American actress, singer, and dancer * [[August 21]] - [[Jim McMahon]], American football player * [[August 25]] - [[Sönke Wortmann]], German film director * [[August 27]] - [[Juan Fernando Cobo]], Colombian artist * [[August 29]] **<!--August 29-->[[Rebecca De Mornay]], American actress **<!--August 29-->[[Stephen Wolfram]], British scientist * [[August 30]] - [[Mark 'Jacko' Jackson]], Australian footballer and actor ===September-October=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[September 2]] - [[Guy Laliberté]], Quebec [[Cirque du soleil]] founder * [[September 4]] - [[Kevin Harrington]], Australian actor * [[September 8]] - [[Daler Nazarov]], Tajik composer, singer, and actor * [[September 14]] - [[Morten Harket]], Norwegian singer ([[a-ha]]) * [[September 17]] - [[Charles Lawson]], Irish actor * [[September 18]] - [[Sérgio Britto]], Brazilian singer and keyboardist * [[September 21]] **<!--September 21-->[[Dave Coulier]], American actor **<!--September 21-->[[Stan Van Gundy]], American basketball coach * [[September 29]] - [[Benjamin Sehene]], Rwandan writer * [[September 30]] - [[Ettore Messina]], Italian basketball coach * [[October 1]] - [[Youssou N'Dour]] singer * [[October 3]] **<!--October 3-->[[Fred Couples]], American golfer **<!--October 3-->[[Greg Proops]], American comedian **<!--October 3-->[[Jack Wagner (actor)|Jack Wagner]], American actor * [[October 4]] - [[Chris Lowe]], British musician * [[October 7]] **<!--October 7-->[[Lourdes Flores]], Peruvian politician **<!--October 7-->[[Simon Cowell]], English music producer and television talent show judge * [[October 9]] - [[Michael Pare]], American actor * [[October 10]] - [[Kirsty MacColl]], British singer and songwriter (d.[[2000]]) * [[October 13]] - [[Marie Osmond]], American singer * [[October 15]] **<!--October 15-->[[Sarah Ferguson]], Duchess of York **<!--October 15-->[[Emeril Lagasse]], American chef and restaurant owner * [[October 17]] - **<!--October 17-->[[Ron Drummond]], American writer, editor, and music historian **<!--October 17-->[[Richard Roeper]], American film critic * [[October 21]] - [[Ken Watanabe]], Japanese actor * [[October 21]] - [[Tony Ganios]], American actor * [[October 23]] - [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], American singer and parodist * [[October 25]] - [[Christina Amphlett]], Australian singer ([[Divinyls]]) * [[October 26]] - [[Evo Morales]], [[President of Bolivia]] * [[October 27]] - [[Rick Carlisle]], American basketball coach * [[October 31]] - [[Neal Stephenson]], American writer ===November-December=== * [[November 5]] - [[Bryan Adams]], Canadian singer and photographer * [[November 7]] - [[Billy Gillispie]], American basketball coach * [[November 8]] - [[Selçuk Yula]], Turkish football player and topscorer. * [[November 9]] - [[Tony Slattery]], British comedian and actor * [[November 10]] - [[Linda Cohn]], American sports reporter * [[November 14]] - [[Paul McGann]], British actor * [[November 18]] - [[Jimmy Quinn (Northern Irish footballer)|Jimmy Quinn]], Irish footballer and football manager * [[November 23]] - [[Dominique Dunne]], American actress (d. [[1982]]) * [[November 25]] - [[Charles Kennedy]], British politician * [[November 28]] - [[Judd Nelson]], American actor * [[November 29]] **<!--November 29-->[[Kim Delaney]], American actress **<!--November 29-->[[Platon Lebedev]], a Russian former CEO of Group Menatep, best known as the business partner of [[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]] * [[November 30]] - [[Lorraine Kelly]], British presenter and journalist * [[December 1]] - [[Rick Leventhal]], American broadcast journalist * [[December 6]] - [[Satoru Iwata]], president of Nintendo * [[December 20]] - [[Sandra Cisneros]], Mexican-born author * [[December 21]] - [[Florence Griffith Joyner]], American athlete (d. [[1998]]) * [[December 24]] - [[Keith Deller]], English darts player * [[December 27]] - [[Gerina Dunwich]], American author * [[December 31]] **<!--December 31-->[[Alfie Anido]], Flipino actor (d. [[1981]]) **<!--December 31-->[[Val Kilmer]], American actor *''date unknown'' - [[Willie Doherty]], Irish artist ==Deaths== === January-March === <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[January 2]] - [[William D. Francis]], Australian botanist (b. [[1889]]) * [[January 3]] - [[Edwin Muir]], Scottish poet, novelist and translator (b. [[1887]]) * [[January 21]] - [[Cecil B. DeMille]], American film director (b. [[1881]]) * [[January 22]] - [[Mike Hawthorn]], English race car driver (b. [[1929]]) * [[January 28]] - [[Walter Beall]], American baseball player (b. [[1899]]) * [[February 1]] - [[Frank Shannon]], American actor (b. [[1874]]) * [[February 3]] - Killed in the crash of a private plane: **[[The Big Bopper]], American singer (b. [[1930]]) **[[Buddy Holly]], American singer (b. [[1936]]) **[[Richie Valens]], American singer (b. [[1941]]) * [[February 3]] - [[Vincent Astor]], American philanthropist (b. [[1891]]) * [[February 4]] - [[Una O'Connor]], Irish actress (b. [[1880]]) * [[February 11]] - [[Marshall Teague]], American race car driver (b. [[1922]]) * [[February 14]] - [[Baby Dodds]], American jazz musician (b. [[1898]]) * [[February 15]] - [[Owen Willans Richardson]], British physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1879]]) * [[February 23]] - [[Luis Palés Matos]], Puerto Rican poet (b. [[1898]]) * [[February 26]] - [[Princess Alexandra, Duchess of Fife]], eldest grandchild of King [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1891]]) * [[February 28]] - [[Maxwell Anderson]], American screenwriter (b. [[1888]]) * [[March 3]] - [[Lou Costello]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1906]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Maxey Long]], American athlete (b. [[1878]]) * [[March 26]] - [[Raymond Chandler]], American-born novelist (b. [[1888]]) * [[March 29]] - [[Barthélemy Boganda]], first [[President of the Central African Republic]] (b. [[1910]]) === April-June === <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[April 9]] - [[Frank Lloyd Wright]], American architect (b. [[1867]]) * [[May 5]] - [[Carlos Saavedra Lamas]], Argentine politician, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1878]]) * [[May 14]] - [[Sidney Bechet]], American musician (b. [[1897]]) * [[May 16]] - [[Elisha Scott]], Irish footballer (b. [[1894]]) * [[May 18]] **<!--May 18-->[[Apsley Cherry-Garrard]], Antarctic explorer (b. [[1886]]) **<!--May 18-->[[Enrique Guaita]], Argentinian footballer (b. [[1910]]) * [[May 24]] - [[John Foster Dulles]], [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. [[1888]]) * [[May 30]] - [[Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz]], Argentinian journalist (b. [[1898]]) * [[June 9]] - [[Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1876]]) * [[June 16]] - [[George Reeves]], American actor, tv "Superman" (b. [[1914]]) * [[June 18]] - [[Ethel Barrymore]], stage & screen actress (b. [[1879]]) * [[June 23]] - [[Boris Vian]], French writer, poet, singer, and musician (b. [[1920]]) === July - September === * [[July 11]] - [[Charlie Parker (cricketer)|Charlie Parker]], English cricketer (b. [[1882]]) * [[July 15]] - [[Ernest Bloch]], Swiss composer (b. [[1880]]) * [[July 17]] - [[Billie Holiday]], American singer (b. [[1915]]) * [[July 25]] - [[Mutara III of Rwanda|Mutara III]], king of Rwanda (b. c. 1912) * [[August 5]] - [[Edgar Guest]], English poet (b. [[1881]]) * [[August 6]] - [[Preston Sturges]], American film director and writer (b. [[1898]]) * [[August 15]] - [[Blind Willie McTell]], American singer (b. [[1901]]) * [[August 16]] - [[Wanda Landowska]], Polish harpsichordist (b. [[1879]]) * [[August 19]] **<!--August 19-->[[Claude Grahame White]], pioneer British aviator, (b. [[1879]]) **<!--August 19-->[[Jacob Epstein]], American-born sculptor (b. [[1880]]) * [[August 28]] - [[Bohuslav Martinů]], Czech composer (b. [[1890]]) * [[September 7]] - [[Maurice Duplessis]], [[Premier of Québec|premier]] of [[Québec]] (b. [[1890]]) * [[September 25]] - [[Solomon Bandaranaike]], prime minister of [[Ceylon]] (b. [[1899]]) * [[September 28]] - [[Rudolf Caracciola]], racing driver (b. [[1901]]) === October-December === <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. House style is to repeat dates, not use second-level bullet points. --> * [[October 6]] - [[Bernard Berenson]], American art historian (b. [[1865]]) * [[October 7]] - [[Mario Lanza]], American tenor (b. [[1921]]) * [[October 14]] - [[Errol Flynn]], Australian actor (b. [[1909]]) * [[October 16]] - [[George C. Marshall]], [[United States Secretary of State]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1880]]) * [[October 18]] - [[Boughera El Ouafi]], Algerian athlete (b. [[1898]]) * [[October 19]] - [[Ebrahim Hakimi]], Prime Minister of Iran (b. [[1871]]) * [[October 22]] - [[Joseph Cahill]], Australian politician (b. [[1891]]) * [[October 28]] - [[Camilo Cienfuegos]], Cuban revolutionary (b. [[1932]]) * [[November 15]] - [[Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]], Scottish physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1869]]) * [[November 17]] - [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]], Brazilian composer (b. [[1887]]) * [[November 21]] - [[Max Baer (boxer)|Max Baer]], American boxer and actor (b. [[1909]]) * [[December 4]] - [[Hubert Marischka]], Austrian film director (b. [[1882]]) * [[December 22]] - [[Gilda Gray]], Polish-born dancer and actress (b. [[1901]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Emilio Gino Segrè]], [[Owen Chamberlain]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Jaroslav Heyrovský]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Severo Ochoa]], [[Arthur Kornberg]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Salvatore Quasimodo]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Philip Noel-Baker|Philip John Noel-Baker]] ==Academy Awards== *Best Picture: ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'' *Best Director: [[Vincente Minnelli]], ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'' *Best Actor: [[David Niven]], ''[[Separate Tables]]'' *Best Supporting Actor: [[Burl Ives]], ''[[The Big Country]]'' *Best Actress: [[Susan Hayward]], ''[[I Want To Live!]]'' *Best Supporting Actress: [[Wendy Hiller]], ''[[Separate Tables]]'' *Best Original Story and Screenplay: [[Nedrick Young]] and [[Harold Jacob Smith]], ''[[The Defiant Ones]]'' *Best Screenplay Based on Material From Another Medium: [[Alan Jay Lerner]], ''[[Gigi (1958 film)|Gigi]]'' ==Notes== {{reflist|1}} {{commonscat}} ==External links== *[http://www.coinpage.com/1959-pictures.html 1959 Coin Pictures] [[Category:1959| ]] [[af:1959]] [[am:1959 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1959]] [[an:1959]] [[frp:1959]] [[ast:1959]] [[av:1959]] [[az:1959]] [[bn:১৯৫৯]] [[zh-min-nan:1959 nî]] [[map-bms:1959]] [[be:1959]] [[be-x-old:1959]] [[bh:१९५९]] [[bs:1959]] [[br:1959]] [[bg:1959]] [[ca:1959]] [[cv:1959]] [[cs:1959]] [[co:1959]] [[cy:1959]] [[da:1959]] [[de:1959]] [[et:1959]] [[el:1959]] [[es:1959]] [[eo:1959]] [[eu:1959]] [[fa:۱۹۵۹ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1959]] [[hif:1959]] [[fr:1959]] [[fy:1959]] [[fur:1959]] [[ga:1959]] [[gan:1959年]] [[gv:1959]] [[gd:1959]] [[gl:1959]] [[ko:1959년]] [[hy:1959]] [[hi:1959]] [[hr:1959.]] [[io:1959]] [[ilo:1959]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৫৯]] [[id:1959]] [[ia:1959]] [[ie:1959]] [[os:1959]] [[is:1959]] [[it:1959]] [[he:1959]] [[jv:1959]] [[pam:1959]] [[kn:೧೯೫೯]] [[ka:1959]] [[csb:1959]] [[kk:1959]] [[kw:1959]] [[sw:1959]] [[ht:1959 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1959]] [[la:1959]] [[lv:1959]] [[lb:1959]] [[lt:1959 m.]] [[lij:1959]] [[lmo:1959]] [[hu:1959]] [[mk:1959]] [[mi:1959]] [[mr:इ.स. १९५९]] [[ms:1959]] [[nah:1959]] [[nl:1959]] [[new:ई सं १९५९]] [[ja:1959年]] [[nap:1959]] [[no:1959]] [[nn:1959]] [[nrm:1959]] [[nov:1959]] [[oc:1959]] [[uz:1959]] [[pi:१९५९]] [[nds:1959]] [[pl:1959]] [[pt:1959]] [[ty:1959]] [[ksh:Joohr 1959]] [[ro:1959]] [[ru:1959 год]] [[se:1959]] [[sq:1959]] [[scn:1959]] [[simple:1959]] [[sk:1959]] [[sl:1959]] [[so:1959]] [[sr:1959]] [[sh:1959]] [[su:1959]] [[fi:1959]] [[sv:1959]] [[tl:1959]] [[ta:1959]] [[tt:1959]] [[te:1959]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2502]] [[vi:1959]] [[tr:1959]] [[tk:1959]] [[udm:1959 ар]] [[uk:1959]] [[vec:1959]] [[wa:1959]] [[vls:1959]] [[wuu:公元1959年]] [[yo:1959]] [[zh-yue:1959年]] [[cbk-zam:1959]] [[bat-smg:1959]] [[zh:1959年]]