1959 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s |
| Years: | 1956 1957 1958 – 1959 – 1960 1961 1962 |
Events
- Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba.
- Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states of the United States.
- February 3- American musicians, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" are killed in a plane crash on their way to a concert.
- March 9 – the first Barbie dolls are issued.
Births
- January 5 – Clancy Brown, American actor
- January 22 – Linda Blair, actress
- January 30 – Irina Pudova, Yakut ballerina
- March 6 – Tom Arnold, American comedian
- April 15 – Emma Thompson, British actor
- April 20 – Clint Howard, American actor
- May 3 – Ben Elton, British comedian and writer
- June 19 – Christian Wulff, German politician
- June 20 – Chris Williams, African-American actor
- July 29 – Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
- October 10 – Maya Lin, American architect
- October 31 – Neal Stephenson – science fiction writer
- November 10 – Nancy Cartwright, American actress
- November 14 – Paul McGann, British actor
- December 31 – Val Kilmer, American actor
- R. A. Salvatore, science-fiction and fantasy writer
Deaths
- February 4 – Una O'Connor, actress
- February 5 – Gwili Andre, actress
- February 28 – Maxwell Anderson, playwright, movie writer
- March 3 – Lou Costello, comedian and actor, half of Abbott and Costello comedy team
- March 26 – Raymond Chandler, American novelist.
- June 16 – George Reeves, actor
- June 18 – Ethel Barrymore, actress
- June 23 – Boris Vian, French novelist
- October 14 – Errol Flynn, actor
- November 20 – Sylvia Lopez, European actress
- November 25 – Gérard Philipe, French actor
Movies released
- Anatomy of a Murder
- Auntie Mame
- Ben-Hur
- Darby O'Gill and the Little People
- Diary of Anne Frank
- Imitation of Life
- North by Northwest
- The Nun's Story
- Pillow Talk
- Rio Bravo
- The Shaggy Dog
- Some Like It Hot
- Sleeping Beauty
Series
- The Gumby Show – Gumby is premiered The Zoops, Even Stevens, The Glob, Chicken Feed, Hidden Valley, The Groobee, The Witty Witch and Hot Rod Granny.
New books
- Advertisement for Myself – Norman Mailer
- Advise and Consent – Allen Drury
- The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz – Mordecai Richler
- The Children of Gebelaawi – Naguib Mahfouz
- Children of the Wolf – Alfred Duggan
- Dear and Glorious Physician – Taylor Caldwell
- The Defeat of the Spanish Armada – Garett Mattingly
- The Elements of Style – William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White
- Exodus – Leon Uris
- Goldfinger – Ian Fleming
- Goodbye, Columbus – Philip Roth
- The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson
- Hawaii – James A. Michener
- Henderson the Rain King – Saul Bellow
- The Magic Christian – Terry Southern
- Mountolive – Lawrence Durrell
- Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris – Paul Gallico
- Naked Lunch – William S. Burroughs
- Poor No More – Robert Ruark
- Psycho – Robert Bloch
- Sink the Bismarck! aka The Last Nine Days of the Bismark – C.S. Forester
- The Sirens of Titan – Kurt Vonnegut
- Starship Troopers – Robert Heinlein
- The Tin Drum – Günter Grass
- The Ugly American – William J. Lederer and Eugene L. Burdick
Hit songs
- "A Fool Such As I" – Elvis Presley
- "All For The Love Of A Girl" – Johnny Horton
- "(All of A Sudden) My Heart Sings" – Paul Anka
- "Among My Souvenirs" – Connie Francis
- "Apron Strings" – Cliff Richard
- "The Battle Of New Orleans" – Johnny Horton
- "Beyond The Sea" – Bobby Darin
- "The Big Hurt" – Toni Fisher
- "Billy Bayou" – Jim Reeves
- "Ciao, Ciao Bambina" – Dalida
- "Come Softly To Me" – The Fleetwoods
- "Crackin' Up" – Bo Diddley
- "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" – Buddy Holly
- "Dream Lover" – Bobby Darin
- "El Paso" – Marty Robbins
- "First Name Initial" – Annette
- "Forty Miles Of Bad Road" – Duane Eddy
- "Heartaches By The Number" – Guy Mitchell
- "He'll Have To Go" – Jim Reeves
- "High Hopes" – Frank Sinatra
- "I'm Blue Again" – Patsy Cline
- "I'm Sorry" – Bo Diddley
- "I Only Have Eyes For You" – The Flamingos
- "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" – Buddy Holly
- "It's All In The Game" – Tommy Edwards
- "It's Just A Matter Of Time" – Brook Benton
- "It's Only The Good Times" – Tommy Edwards
- "Kansas City" – Wilbert Harrison
- "Kissin' Time" – Bobby Rydell
- "La Bamba" – Ritchie Valens
- "Lipstick On Your Collar" – Connie Francis
- "Lonely Boy" – Paul Anka
- "Lonesome Town" – Ricky Nelson
- "Love Potion Number Nine" – The Clovers
- "M.T.A" – The Kingston Trio
- "Mack The Knife" – Bobby Darin
- "Mr. Blue" – The Fleetwoods
- "Misty" – Johnny Mathis
- "My Heart Is An Open Book" – Carl Dobkins, Jr.
- "Non Dimenticar" – Nat King Cole
- "Peggy Sue Got Married" – Buddy Holly
- "Personality" – Lloyd Price
- "Pillow Talk" – Doris Day
- "Poison Ivy" – The Coasters
- "Poor Jenny" – The Everly Brothers
- "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" – Paul Anka
- "Raining In My Heart" – Buddy Holly
- "Roberta" – Frankie Ford
- "Rockin' Mother" – Frankie Laine
- "Rocks And Gravel" – Frankie Laine
- "Rummy Polka" – Matys Brothers
- "Running Bear" – Johnny Preston
- "Say Man" – Bo Diddley
- "Say Man, Back Again" – Bo Diddley
- "Sea Cruise" – Frankie Ford
- "Since I Don't Have You" – The Skyliners
- "Sleepwalk" – Santo & Johnny
- "Small World" – Johnny Mathis
- "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" – The Platters
- "Stagger Lee" – Lloyd Price
- "Sweet Nothin's" – Brenda Lee
- "Take A Message To Mary" – The Everly Brothers
- "Tall Oak Tree" – Dorsey Burnette
- "A Teenager In Love" – Dion & the Belmonts
- "There Goes My Baby" – The Drifters
- "'Til I Kissed Youe" – The Everly Brothers
- "Till There Was You" – Anita Bryant
- "True Love, True Love" / "Dance With Me" – The Drifters
- "The Twist" – Hank Ballard
- "Venus" – Frankie Avalon
- "What A Difference A Day Makes" – Dinah Washington
- "What'd I Say" – Ray Charles
- "Where the Boys Are" – Connie Francis
- "Why" – Frankie Avalon
- "A Worried Man" – The Kingston Trio
Images for kids
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January 8: Fidel Castro arrives in Havana
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January 25: Boeing 707 begins service
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February 17: Technical drawing of Vanguard 2
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Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, traditional residence of the Dalai Lama until March 1959. (2006 photo)
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March 2: Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.
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March 8: The Marx Brothers retire
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March 31: Busch Gardens opens in Florida
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May 28: Miss Baker awaits launch.
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July 17: Site of Australopithecus boisei discovery in Tanzania.
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July 24: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and USA Vice President Richard Nixon engage in the Kitchen Debate
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August 7: Launch of Explorer 6
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October 21: Atrium of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Joachim Kunz
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Vazgen Sargsyan
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Tom Arnold
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala
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Steve McFadden
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Robert Smith
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Julian Clary
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John Linnell
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Jim Kerr
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Sanjay Dutt
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David Koresh
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Abd al-Rahman al-Mahdi
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Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus
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Hitoshi Ashida
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Boris Vian
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Enrico De Nicola
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Prince Kuni Asaakira
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