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1959News ChronologyJanuary 1
After two years of guerrilla fighting, Fidel Castro overthrows the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba.
January 3
Alaska becomes the 49th state.
January 21
Producer-director Cecil B. DeMille dies.
February 3
Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Richie Valens are killed in a plane crash.
February 20
Ottawa cancels production of the Avro Arrow, the most advanced fighter plane in the world.
March 3
Comedian
Lou Costello
dies.
March 21
The U.S. Defense Department announces that the concentration of strontium-90 is greater in the U.S. than anywhere else in the world.
March 31
The Dali Lama flees Tibet after a failure to overthrow Chinese occupation.
April 9
The first seven Mercury astronauts are introduced to the public.The famed architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, dies.
April 16
In the first plane hijacking, Batista supporters take over a U.S. Cuban flight.
April 26
The St. Lawrence Seaway is opened by The Queen.
May 12
Elizabeth taylor marries singer Eddie Fisher.
May 24
The U.S. Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, dies.
May 26
The author Raymond Chandler dies.
June 17
Liberace is awarded 22,400 in a libel suit against the London Daily Mirror which had implied the pianist was a homosexual.
July 17
Singer Billie Holiday dies.
July 24
Nixon engages Krushchev in a “kitchen” debate in Moscow.
Krushchev and NixonAugust 12
Five blacks are enrolled at central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.
August 21
Hawaii becomes the 50th state.
September 14
The USSR launches Luna 2, the 1st satellite to orbit the moon.
September 15
Krushchev visits the U.S.
October 16
George C. Marshall, the architect of U.S. victory in World War II, dies.
October 14
Actor Errol Flynn dies.
October 21
The Frank Lloyd Wright designed Museum of Modern Art opens in New York.
November 16
The musical Sound of Music opens on Broadway.
FirstsAmerican Airlines inaugurates the first transcontinental jet transportation.Barbie, Fanta, Ski-Doo and Metrical make their first appearance.BooksHawaii by James Mitchener
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai RichlerNew Wordsbackup, valet parkingMusic
Mack The Knife– Bobby Darin
Lonely Boy – Paul Anka
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes – The Platters
Heartaches By The Number – Guy Mitchell
Personality – Lloyd Price
16 Candles - Crests
MoviesAnatomy of Murder
Ben Hur
North By Northwest
Rio Bravo
Some Like It Hot
The Best Picture Oscar is won by Gigi.Auntie Mame is the top grossing film and Rock Hudson is the top star.TV DebutsBonanza (on air until 1973)
The Adventures of Dobie Gillis
Rawhide
The Twilight Zone
The UntouchablesSportsThe World Series is won by The LA Dodgers 4 games to 2
over the Chicago White Sox.The Grey Cup is won 21-7 over Hamilton.The Stanley Cup is won 4 games to 1 by Montreal over Toronto.The Montreal goalie Jacques Plante is the first to wear a protective mask.
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