1959

1959 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1959 ; MCMLIX
Ab urbe condita	2712
Armenian calendar	1408 ; ?? ???
Assyrian calendar	6709
Baha'i calendar	115?116
Balinese saka calendar	1880?1881
Bengali calendar	1366
Berber calendar	2909
British Regnal year	7 Eliz. 2 ? 8 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2503
Burmese calendar	1321
Byzantine calendar	7467?7468
Chinese calendar	戊戌年 (Earth Dog ) ; 4655 or 4595 ; ? to ? ; 己亥年 (Earth Pig ) ; 4656 or 4596
Coptic calendar	1675?1676
Discordian calendar	3125
Ethiopian calendar	1951?1952
Hebrew calendar	5719?5720
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2015?2016
- Shaka Samvat	1880?1881
- Kali Yuga	5059?5060
Holocene calendar	11959
Igbo calendar	959?960
Iranian calendar	1337?1338
Islamic calendar	1378?1379
Japanese calendar	Sh?wa 34 ; (昭和３４年)
Javanese calendar	1890?1891
Juche calendar	48
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4292
Minguo calendar	ROC 48 ; 民國48年
Nanakshahi calendar	491
Thai solar calendar	2502
Tibetan calendar	?土狗年 ; (male Earth- Dog ) ; 2085 or 1704 or 932 ; ? to ? ; ?土猪年 ; (female Earth- Pig ) ; 2086 or 1705 or 933

Millennium :	2nd millennium
Centuries :	19th century ? 20th century ? 21st century
Decades :	1920s 1930s 1940s ? 1950s ? 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years :	1956 1957 1958 ? 1959 ? 1960 1961 1962

1959 ( MCMLIX ) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1959th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 959th year of the 2nd millennium , the 59th year of the 20th century , and the 10th and last year of the 1950s decade.

Events [ change | change source ]

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 , Ritchie Valens , and The Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash on their way to a concert, an event that would be known as The Day the Music Died .
March 9 ? the first Barbie dolls are issued.
October-The 1959 Mexico hurricane hits western Mexico . Storm kills over 1,800 people.

Births [ change | change source ]

January 5 ? Clancy Brown , American actor
January 22 ? Linda Blair , actress
June 10 ? Santadasji Kathia Baba , Hindu Philosopher
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
June 29 - Gary Rydstrom , American sound designer
July 22 - Lon Bender , American sound editor
July 29 ? Sanjay Dutt , Indian actor
October 10 ? Maya Lin , American architect
October 31 ? Neal Stephenson ? science fiction writer
November 14 ? Paul McGann , British actor
December 31 ? Val Kilmer , American actor
R. A. Salvatore , science-fiction and fantasy writer

Deaths [ change | change source ]

February 3 ? Buddy Holly , singer and guitarist, Ritchie Valens , singer and guitarist, Jiles Perry “ The Big Bopper ” Richardson Jr. disc jockey and singer

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
September 18 - Harvey Glatman , American serial killer (executed by gas chamber; b. 1927 )
October 14 ? Errol Flynn , actor
November 20 ? Sylvia Lopez , European actress
November 25 ? Gerard Philipe , French actor

Movies released [ change | change source ]

Series [ change | change source ]

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 [ change | change source ]

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
Rape of the Fair Country ? Alexander Cordell
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 ? Gunter Grass
The Ugly American ? William J. Lederer and Eugene L. Burdick

Hit songs [ change | change source ]

"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