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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

Historical Events Of 1959

• February 8, 1959 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Pig in Chinese astrology.
• February 11, 1959 – The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• June 8, 1959 – The USS Barbero and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
• July 29, 1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
• August 7, 1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the “sheaves of wheat” design, and was minted until 2008.
• August 21, 1959 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii’s admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day
• September 16, 1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• September 19, 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland due to security concerns.
• November 2, 1959 – The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.

Who Were Born On 1959?

• February 12, 1959 – Larry Nance, American basketball player
• March 16, 1959 – Jens Stoltenberg, Norwegian economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Norway
• March 29, 1959 – Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
• May 25, 1959 – Julian Clary, English comedian, actor, and author
• June 21, 1959 – Marcella Detroit, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Shakespear’s Sister)
• October 16, 1959 – Marc Collins-Rector, American businessman, founded Digital Entertainment Network
• October 26, 1959 – Evo Morales, Bolivian soldier and politician, 80th President of Bolivia
• November 26, 1959 – Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, American author and academic
• November 30, 1959 – Marie Currie, American singer-songwriter and actress
• December 6, 1959 – Stephen Muggleton, English computer scientist and engineer