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1959 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2026. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1959 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1959
- January 20, 1959 – The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
- January 22, 1959 – Knox Mine disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
- February 2, 1959 – Dyatlov Pass incident
- February 8, 1959 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.
- February 17, 1959 – Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 – The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
- February 28, 1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched. It failed to achieve orbit.
- April 8, 1959 – The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
- July 21, 1959 – NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” initiative.
- October 12, 1959 – At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde.
- November 1, 1959 – Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game.
Who Were Born On 1959?
- March 27, 1959 – Oleksandr Sorokalet, Ukrainian volleyball player
- May 5, 1959 – Brian Williams, American journalist
- June 21, 1959 – John Baron, English captain and politician
- July 9, 1959 – Kevin Nash, American wrestler and actor
- July 21, 1959 – Gene Miles, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
- August 28, 1959 – Brian Thompson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- October 10, 1959 – Bill Rammell, English academic and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces
- October 21, 1959 – Tony Ganios, American actor, director, and producer
- October 24, 1959 – Brad Johnson, American model and actor
- November 30, 1959 – Marie Currie, American singer-songwriter and actress