1959 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in February 1959: Male voters...

1959 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1959. 1959 (MCMLIX) was...

On February 3, 1959, American rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson were all killed in a plane crash...

Aleksandar "Aco" Petrović (pronounced [aleksǎːndar at͡so pětroʋitɕ]; born 16 February 1959) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player who is...

race of the 1959 NASCAR Grand National Series season. It was held on February 22, 1959, in front of 41,921 spectators. It was the first race held at the...

transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR. 1959 – The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed...

first anti-discrimination law in the United States, was signed into law. 1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was...

President of Israel. 1959 – Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2: The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution. 1959 – A Turkish Airlines...

songwriter 1959 – Jiří Čunek, Czech politician 1959 – Kyle MacLachlan, American actor 1959 – Bronwyn Oliver, Australian sculptor (d. 2006) 1959 – Harry Leary...

February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 316 days remain until the end of the year (317 in leap years). 3102 BC – Kali Yuga,...

Wilby, English actor 1959 – Scott Brayton, American race car driver (d. 1996) 1959 – David Corn, American journalist and author 1959 – Bill Gullickson,...

Sleeping Beauty February 1959 11 February The Hanging Tree 12 February The Black Orchid 15 February No Name on the Bullet Ride Lonesome 17 February House on...

series of riots in Brazzaville in February 1959, which the French Army subdued. Elections took place in April 1959. By the time the Congo became independent...

February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 313 days remain until the end of the year (314 in leap years). 452 or 453 – Severianus...

Dan Dhanoa (born Inderpreet Singh Dhanoa; 28 February 1959) is an Indian former film actor and a sailor (master mariner) in the Merchant Navy. He is known...

lists events that happened during 1959 in Afghanistan. The budget estimates for September 23, 1958 – September 22, 1959 (1337–38 in the Afghan calendar)...

nine Soviet ski hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between February 1 and 2, 1959, under uncertain circumstances. The experienced trekking group from...

On 17 February 1959, a Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount Type 793 (registration TC-SEV) on an international charter flight from Esenboğa International...

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 1 February 1959. The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 21 of the 52 seats...

Tyler Butterworth (born 6 February 1959) is an English actor. Butterworth was born on 6 February 1959 in Redhill, Surrey. His father was Peter Butterworth...

English singer-songwriter 1959 – Clayton Anderson, American engineer and astronaut 1959 – Nick de Bois, English politician 1959 – Ian Liddell-Grainger,...

Room at the Top is a 1959 British drama film based on the 1957 novel by John Braine. It was adapted by Neil Paterson (with uncredited work by Mordecai...

A destructive and deadly outbreak of 17 tornadoes occurred on February 9–10, 1959, mostly during the overnight hours, causing widespread destruction in...

Jiles Perry Richardson Jr. (October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name The Big Bopper, was an American musician and disc jockey...

filmmaker. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in Bonanza (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), and Jonathan...

The 1959 Tibetan uprising (also known by other names) began on 10 March 1959, when a revolt erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, which had been under...

The 1959–60 Primeira Divisão was the 26th season of top-tier football in Portugal. Benfica Sporting Belenenses Porto Barreirense Académica de Coimbra Vitória...

Deborah Sonia Meaden FRSA (born 11 February 1959) is a British businessperson and TV personality who ran a multimillion-pound family holiday business...

General elections were held in Singapore on 30 May 1959. They were held under the new constitution and were the first in which all 51 seats in the Legislative...

American singer-songwriter 1959 – Ali Campbell, English singer-songwriter and musician 1959 – Joseph R. Gannascoli, American actor 1959 – Brian Propp, Canadian...