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# 1959

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Years : | 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years: | 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962

## [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

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