1959

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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Movies released 5 New books 6 Hit songs

[edit] 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.

[edit] Births

• January 22 - Linda Blair, actress
• March 6 - Tom Arnold, American comedian
• April 15 - Emma Thompson, British actor
• May 3 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author
• 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 author

[edit] Deaths

• February 4 - Una O'Connor, actress
• February 5 - Gwili Andre, actress
• February 28 - Maxwell Anderson, playwright, film 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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
• 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 - Günter Grass
• The Ugly American - William J. Lederer and Eugene L. Burdick

[edit] 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
• "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 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
• "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