1959 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1959?
- January 7, 1959 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
- January 30, 1959 – ship MS, said to be the safest ship afloat and “unsinkable” like the RMS Titanic, struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank, killing all 95 aboard.
- February 8, 1959 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.
- April 1, 1959 – Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America.
- April 27, 1959 – The last Canadian missionary leaves the People’s Republic of China.
- June 5, 1959 – The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in.
- June 26, 1959 – The Saint Lawrence Seaway opens, opening North America’s Great Lakes to ocean-going ships.
- June 30, 1959 – A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
- July 1, 1959 – Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S.A., the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
- July 21, 1959 – Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
- August 21, 1959 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii’s admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
- September 12, 1959 – The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
- September 15, 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
- September 19, 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland due to security concerns.
- October 2, 1959 – The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
- October 21, 1959 – In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public.
- November 2, 1959 – Quiz show scandals: Twenty One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
- November 15, 1959 – Four members of the Herbert Clutter Family are murdered at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas.
- November 23, 1959 – General Charles de Gaulle, President of France, declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for a “Europe, ”from the Atlantic to the Urals.\"
- December 20, 1959 – The Walker family murders are committed.
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