1959

The year 1959 has been a year, according to the Christian era .

Content

 * 1 Events
 * 2 Music
 * 2.1 Pop
 * 2.2 Classical music
 * 3 Literature
 * 4 Visual arts
 * 5 Architecture
 * 6 Film
 * 7 Birth
 * 8 Deceased
 * 9 Weather Extremes in Belgium
 * 10 External link (video)

Events

 * January
 * 1 - Cuba : Fulgencio Batista is deposed by Fidel Castro .
 * 1 - In the framework of Eurovision, the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic airs in the Netherlands.
 * 3 - The territory Alaska is the 49th state of the United States of America .
 * 30 - The Danish Hans Hedtoft motor ship of the Royal Greenland Trading Company, on the way from Greenland to Copenhagen, enters storm with heavy snow showers collided with an iceberg and sinks. All 94 people on board were killed.
 * March
 * 9 - Barbie, fashion doll from Mattel , is introduced.
 * 23 - In Eindhoven rolls the first DAF car off the assembly line.
 * 31 - After a flight of fourteen days from the Himalayas arrives the fourteenth Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso in India.
 * April
 * 1 - On the twentieth anniversary of the Nationalist victory in the Spanish Civil War takes Francisco Franco, the Valley of the Fallen in use as a memorial.
 * 5 - First broadcast of the program in Sport image on Dutch television, the predecessor of Studio Sport .
 * May
 * 2 - The Lieverdje is revealed.
 * 29 - In Belgium, close to the coalition the school pact, in which the position is controlled by the public and private education.
 * 29 - CODASYL, an IT committee established
 * July
 * 1 - Heinrich Lübke in West Berlin by the Federal Assembly as President of the Federal Republic of Germany elected.
 * 2 - Marriage of the Belgian Prince Albert with the Italian Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria
 * 14 - The French television sets a helicopter for the first time for the live coverage of a ride in the Tour de France .
 * 25 - Christopher Cockerell sticks in 2 hours and 3 minutes, the Channel on the first hovercraft
 * 31 - Creation of the terrorist organization " ETA ", better known as ETA or Basque separatist
 * In the Netherlands, the half-millionth TV set is sold.
 * First Beach Six Days of Den Helder to Hook of Holland . 37 participants led by Henk Horsman
 * August
 * 1 - Annexation of the municipality Maasniel by Roermond .
 * 21 - Hawaii is the fiftieth state of the United States of America.
 * 27 - Opening Ceremony of the Third Pan-American Games, held in Chicago .
 * September
 * 13 - The Luna 2 reached the first spacecraft ever the moon, hit in near crater Archimedes.
 * October
 * 7 - The Luna 3 spacecraft takes first pictures of the back of the moon, and sends it back to the Earth .
 * 29 - Appearance of 'Astérix le Gaulois', the first of a series of cartoons about a Gallic village that the Romans resists.
 * December
 * 2 - Snap Malpasset Dam in France . The tidal wave that occurs, causing a disaster to 459 people costs lives.

[Pop music edit ]
The following plates are hits:
 * Black & White - Una Marcia in Coron
 * Caterina Valente - Sweetheart, My Darling, My Darling and Tschau Tschau Bambino
 * Chris Howland - Susie Darlin '
 * Cliff Richard - Living Doll
 * Connie Francis - Carolina Moon, Lipstick on Your Collar and My Happiness
 * Connie Froboess & Peter Kraus - Teenager Melody
 * Conway Twitty - Mona Lisa
 * De Fouryo's - Do not Say No
 * De Selvera's - Sleigh Ride in Alaska and Say Little Ree
 * Domenico Modugno - Piove
 * Doris Day - Everybody Loves a Lover
 * Elvis Presley - A Big Hunk Of Love, A Fool Such As I, I Need Your Love Tonight and One Night
 * Everly Brothers - Problems and (`Till) I Kissed You
 * Frankie Avalon - Venus
 * Freddy Quinn - Die Gitarre Und Das Meer
 * Hank Locklin - Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On
 * Harry Belafonte - Round The Bay of Mexico
 * Ivo Robic - Tomorrow
 * Jan & Kjeld - Tiger Rag
 * Kingston Trio - Tom Dooley
 * Limbra Sisters - Say Little Ree
 * Little Richard - Babyface
 * Lloyd Price - I'm Gonna Get Married, Personality and Stagger Lee
 * Lydia & her Melody Strings - Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On
 * Mieke Telkamp - Tomorrow and Sleigh Ride in Alaska
 * Monty Sunshine - Petite Fleur
 * Paul Anka - Lonely Boy
 * Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson - Sing Little Birdie
 * Peggy Lee - Fever
 * Perry Como - Mandolins In The Moonlight
 * Rocco Granata - Marina
 * Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen
 * Schriebl & Huppert - Schneewaltzer
 * Sidney Bechet - Lonesome
 * Teddy Scholten - A Little
 * The Browns - The Three Bells
 * The Gaylords - Ma ma ma Marie
 * The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
 * Dorus - In the Navy (as Dorus)
 * Travis & Bob - Tell Him No
 * Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
 * Willy Alberti - Marina and Piove
 * Singer Without a Name - Oh Dear father

Classical music [ edit ]

 * February 20 : First performance of Gerald Finzis To a poet with a poet To A Thousand Years Hence
 * March 19 : First performance of Johan Kvandals Norsk overture
 * May 24 : Benjamin Britten composed his Miss Brevis
 * July 22 : First performance of Britten's Missa Brevis
 * July 12 : First performance of Cair da tarde ,, and Melodia sentimental of Heitor Villa-Lobos
 * July 24 : First performance of Three Nocturnes: Northern summer nights of Arthur Butterworth
 * August 26 : first implementation William Alwyns fourth symphony
 * November 25 : First performance of five songs on texts by Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna of Witold Lutosławski in the vocal version with piano

[Literature edit ]

 * The Italian writer Salvatore Quasimodo receives the Nobel Prize in Literature
 * Simon Vestdijk novels Wrinkles Esther Omstein and the seer are published
 * Françoise Sagans book Aimez-vous Brahms? issued

Visual arts [ edit ]

 * The Cry (1959) Isamu Noguchi , Sculpture of the Kröller-Müller Museum
 * Feuille se reposant(1959) Hans Arp ,Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl, Germany

[Architecture edit ]

 * The Guggenheim Museum in New York, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright is ready

[Movie Edit ]

 * Breathless, by Jean-Luc Godard reads the Nouvelle Vague in.
 * Ben-Hur, of William Wyler , with Charlton Heston .
 * Some Like It Hot, by Billy Wilder , with Marilyn Monroe , Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis .
 * The Mummy, with Christopher Lee .
 * Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Roger Vadim .
 * Green Mansions of Mel Ferrer, with Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins .

Born [ edit ]

 * January
 * 1 - Michel Onfray, French philosopher
 * 1 - Dries Roelvink, Dutch singer and media personality
 * 3 - Alessandro Andrei, Italian athlete
 * 4 - Dick Van Gelder, Belgian live DJ
 * 5 - Slavko Dujić, Croatian painter
 * 6 - Kathy Sledge, American singer
 * 7 - Leila de Lima, Philippine Minister
 * 8 - Paul Hester, Australian drummer
 * 12 - Per Gessle, Swedish singer ( Roxette )
 * 16 - Sade, British-Nigerian singer
 * 17 - Susanna Hoffs, American singer ( The Bangles )
 * 20 - Cees Mudde, Dutch painter and illustrator
 * 21 - Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and football coach
 * 22 - Linda Blair, American actress
 * 22 - Urs Meier, Swiss football referee
 * 23 - Sergey Koplyakov, Russian swimmer
 * 23 - Luk Wyns, Flemish actor
 * 24 - Michel Preud'homme, Belgian footballer
 * 26 - Wanda Panfil, Polish athlete
 * 26 - Erwin Vandenbergh, Belgian footballer
 * 28 - Frank Darabont, American director and screenwriter
 * 28 - Renaat Landuyt, Flemish politician
 * February
 * 3 - Thomas Calabro, Surinamese politician
 * 3 - Chan Santokhi, Surinamese politician
 * 3 - Lol Tolhurst, British drummer and keyboardist
 * 7 - Sammy Lee, English footballer and football coach
 * 7 - Mick McCarthy, Irish footballer and football coach
 * 11 - Jan Cortenbach, Dutch fast walker
 * 11 - Roberto Moreno, Brazilian racing driver
 * 11 - René Müller, East German football player
 * 14 - Fred Eefting, Dutch swimmer
 * 15 - Achmed Bowl, Dutch athlete
 * 16 - Ice-T, American rapper
 * 16 - John McEnroe, American tennis player and television commentator
 * 17 - Marie-Paule Geldhof, Belgian athlete
 * 18 - Hallgrímur Helgason, Icelandic writer and painter
 * 23 - Lucas Van den Eynde, Flemish actor
 * 24 - Nils Johan Semb, Norwegian football coach
 * 24 - Bea Wiarda, Dutch athlete
 * 25 - Aleksei Balabanov, Russian filmmaker (deceased in 2013 )
 * 25 - Fernando Baldeon, Ecuadorian footballer and football coach
 * March
 * 2 - Eduardo Rodriguez, Bolivian president
 * 4 - Peter Rijsenbrij, Dutch radio DJ, radio presenter and producer
 * 6 - Tom Arnold, American comedian and actor
 * 6 - Francisco José Carrasco, Spanish footballer
 * 6 - Jimmy Yuill, Scottish actor
 * 7 - Luciano Spalletti, Italian football coach
 * 9 - Renger Witkamp, Dutch professor
 * 10 - Avital Selinger, Dutch volleyball
 * 11 - Nina Hartley, American porn actress
 * 21 - Heshmat Tabarzadi, Iranian activist
 * 21 - Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese composer
 * 24 - Renaldo Nehemiah, American athlete
 * 26 - Johan van Mil, Dutch chess (deceased in 2008 )
 * 26 - Charles van der Voort, Dutch public prosecutor
 * 27 - Luc Beyens, Belgian footballer and football coach
 * 29 - Mylene de la Haye, Dutch television presenter
 * 30 - Raphael Tuju, Kenyan politician
 * April
 * 1 - Edwin Wolf, Surinamese politician
 * 2 - Gelindo Bordin, Italian athlete
 * 2 - Brian Goodell, American swimmer
 * 6 - Pietro Vierchowod, Italian footballer and football coach
 * 7 - Cees Dekker, Dutch physicist
 * 9 - Eddy Snelders, Belgian footballer
 * 10 - Brian Setzer, American guitarist
 * 15 - Emma Thompson, English actress
 * 17 - Sean Bean, British actor
 * 17 - Robbert Meeder, Dutch journalist and radio presenter
 * 17 - Li Meisu, Chinese athlete
 * 19 - Teofisto Guingona III, Filipino politician
 * 20 - Wim Hof, Dutch 'kouderecordverbreker'
 * 21 - Geerten Ten Bosch, Dutch graphic designer, illustrator and typografe
 * 21 - Robert Smith, British singer, guitarist and keyboardist
 * 22 - Ryan Stiles, American comedian and actor
 * 27 - Sheena Easton, Scottish-American singer and actress
 * 27 - Andrew Fire, American biologist and Nobel Prize winner
 * 29 - Trond Sollied, Norwegian footballer and football coach
 * 30 - Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister
 * May
 * 2 - Lex Bohlmeijer, Dutch radio and television presenter
 * 2 - Gary Megson, English footballer and football coach
 * 3 - Ted Langenbach, Dutch cultural entrepreneur
 * 4 - Inger Nilsson, Swedish actress ( Pippi Longstocking )
 * 8 - Melissa Gilbert, American actress
 * 11 - Martin Lauriks, Dutch Paralympic athlete
 * 12 - Vincent Everts, Dutch web developer and columnist
 * 14 - Patrick Bruel, French singer
 * 16 - Henk Hille, Dutch hockey and director Dutch Hockey Association
 * 19 - Jean-Claude Bouvy, Belgian-Congolese footballer (deceased in 1986 )
 * 20 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Hawaiian musician
 * 20 - Juan Carlos Letelier, Chilean footballer
 * 22 - Kenneth Brylle Larsen, Danish footballer and football coach
 * 22 - Bas van Hout, Dutch crime reporter
 * 22 - Gerald van der Kaap, Dutch photographer and artist
 * 22 - Morrissey, British singer
 * 23 - Marcella Mesker, Dutch tennis star and televisiecommentatrice
 * 23 - Harry Piekema, Dutch actor, television presenter, actor and director
 * 31 - Andrea de Cesaris, Italian racing driver (deceased in 2014 )
 * 31 - Aurora Cunha, Portuguese athlete
 * 31 - Denise Verhaert, Belgian athlete
 * June
 * 1 - Fiorenzo Treossi, Italian football referee
 * 2 - Rineke Dijkstra, Dutch photographer
 * 8 - Ruud Kuijer, Dutch sculptor
 * 9 - Elly van Hulst, Dutch athlete
 * 11 - Hugh Laurie, British actor
 * 12 - Steve Bauer, Canadian cyclist
 * 12 - Kenneth Herdigein, Dutch actor
 * 13 - Boyko Borisov, Bulgarian politician
 * 13 - Paul Van Bruystegem, Belgian musician
 * 17 - Adri van der Poel, Dutch cyclist
 * 19 - Christian Wulff, German Federal President
 * 20 - Venancio Ramos, Uruguayan footballer
 * 26 - Peter Lusse, Dutch actor
 * 27 - Petur Petursson, Icelandic footballer
 * 28 - Bert Bouwmeester, Dutch politician and mayor
 * 28 - Ed van Es, Dutch water polo
 * July
 * 1 - Bjørn Andor Drage, Norwegian composer and organist
 * 4 - Victoria Abril, Spanish actress
 * 5 - Frank Pollet, Flemish youth author and poet
 * 6 - Tea Vikstedt-Nyman, Finnish cyclist
 * 7 - Frode Rønning, Norwegian skater
 * 8 - Isabelo Abarquez, Filipino bishop
 * 9 - Jim Kerr, British singer
 * 10 - Monique Vermeulen, Flemish children's author
 * 11 - Richie Sambora, American guitarist
 * 11 - Suzanne Vega, American singer
 * 12 - Emil Stoyanov, Bulgarian politician and publisher
 * 20 - Julia Samuel, Dutch television presenter
 * 22 - Said Seyam, Palestinian Minister (deceased in 2009 )
 * 25 - Bart de Kemp, Dutch composer
 * 26 - Henk Scholte, Groningen folk musician and radio presenter
 * 26 - Kevin Spacey, American actor
 * 28 - Tineke Hidding, Dutch athlete
 * 31 - Saskia Laroo, Dutch jazz musician
 * 31 - Andrew Marr, British journalist
 * 31 - Xiangyang, American stem cell researcher (deceased in 2009 )
 * August
 * 7 - Koenraad Elst, Flemish Belgian scientist
 * 7 - Guido Tastenhoye, Flemish journalist and politician (deceased in 2007 )
 * 8 - Caroline Ansink, Dutch composer
 * 8 - Ronald Weigel, East German fast walker
 * 9 - John van der Wiel, Dutch chess
 * 10 - Rosanna Arquette, American actress
 * 13 - Thomas Ravelli, Swedish footballer
 * 14 - Magic Johnson, American basketball player
 * 15 - Han Kulker, Dutch athlete
 * 20 - Menno Lievers, Dutch athlete, philosopher and editor
 * 23 - Edwyn Collins, British singer
 * 24 - Michael Andersson, Swedish footballer and sports director
 * 26 - Bill Gwatney, American businessman and politician (deceased in 2008 )
 * 27 - Gerhard Berger, Austrian racing driver
 * 27 - Peter Mensah, Ghanaian-British actor
 * 28 - Sjaak Troost, Dutch footballer
 * 29 - Ramón Ángel Díaz, Argentinian footballer
 * 31 - David Maas Bach, Dutch preacher and evangelist
 * September
 * 2 - Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch makeup artist and singer Dolly Dots
 * 4 - Fernando Álvez, Uruguayan footballer
 * 4 - Eduardo Lara, Colombian soccer coach
 * 5 - Andre Phillips, American athlete
 * 7 - Katinka Wiltenburg, Dutch triathlete
 * 11 - Bert Anciaux, Flemish politician
 * 14 - François Grin, Swiss economist
 * 14 - Morten Harket, Norwegian singer
 * 14 - Finn Poncin, Dutch actor
 * 14 - Hans Richter, East German football player
 * 15 - Andreas Eschbach, German author
 * 16 - Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Dutch actor
 * 18 - Gilles Veissière, French football referee
 * 20 - Danny Devos, Belgian artist
 * 20 - José Milton Melgar, Bolivian footballer and politician
 * 20 - Kaat Tilley, Belgian fashion designer (deceased in 2012 )
 * 21 - Andrzej Buncol, Polish footballer
 * 22 - Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate
 * 24 - Els Vader, Dutch athlete
 * 26 - Ilya Kormiltsev, Russian poet, translator and publisher (deceased in 2007 )
 * 27 - Arend Jan Boekestijn, Dutch historian and politician
 * 28 - Roland Beck, Liechtenstein football referee
 * 28 - Angela Groothuizen, Dutch presenter and singer Dolly Dots
 * 30 - Elsemiek Hillen, Dutch television presenter and hockey star
 * October
 * 1 - Youssou N'Dour, Senegalese singer
 * 3 - Luis Mosquera, Chilean footballer
 * 3 - Greg Proops, American actor and comedian
 * 4 - Chris Lowe, British musician
 * 4 - Laus Steenbeeke, Dutch actor
 * 7 - Steven Erikson (pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin), Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist and author
 * 7 - Lourdes Flores, Peruvian politician
 * 9 - Boris Nemtsov, Russian politician (deceased in 2015 )
 * 10 - Michael Klein, Romanian footballer (deceased in 1993 )
 * 11 - Rick Engelkes, Dutch actor
 * 11 - Paul Haghedooren, Belgian cyclist (deceased in 1997 )
 * 11 - Michiel Schapers, Dutch tennis player and tennis coach
 * 12 - Paul Goddard, English footballer
 * 13 - Massimo Bonini, San Marino and footballer and football coach
 * 15 - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, former wife of Britain's Prince Andrew
 * 17 - Threes Anna, Dutch novelist, theater and film maker
 * 18 - Ernesto Canto, Mexican fast walker
 * 18 - Kirby Chambliss, American pilot
 * 18 - Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician
 * 21 - Martin Bril, Dutch columnist, writer and poet (deceased in 2009 )
 * 21 - Sérgio da Rocha, Brazilian bishop
 * 21 - "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musician
 * 26 - Evo Morales, Bolivian politician (president since 2006)
 * 26 - Marja Prussian, Dutch writer
 * 29 - Peter Pacult, Austrian footballer and football coach
 * 30 - Marcel Horn Book, Dutch entrepreneur and investor
 * 30 - Glenn Hysén, Swedish footballer
 * 31 - Yves Desmet, Flemish journalist
 * November
 * 2 - Saïd Aouita, Moroccan athlete
 * 3 - Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor
 * 5 - Bryan Adams, Canadian musician
 * 6 - Erik Seidel, American poker player
 * 7 - Alexandre Guimarães, Brazilian Costa Rican footballer and football coach
 * 8 - Alan Curbishley, English footballer and football coach
 * 9 - Gregory Russia, Surinamese politician
 * 10 - Andrzej Iwan, Polish footballer
 * 10 - Ronald Kreer East German footballer
 * 12 - José Damen, Dutch swimmer
 * 12 - Patrick Meersschaert, Belgian mountain biker
 * 12 - Gerard Renkema, Dutch politician
 * 13 - Caroline Goodall, English actress
 * 14 - Chris Woods, English footballer
 * 14 - Bryan Stevenson, American human rights activist and professor rights
 * 16 - Bert Cameron, Jamaican athlete
 * 22 - Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
 * 28 - Siegfried Cruden, Surinamese athlete
 * 28 - Judd Nelson, American actor
 * 28 - Stephen Roche, Irish cyclist
 * 30 - Bart Peeters, Belgian singer, drummer and presenter
 * December
 * 1 - Oscar Swartz, Swedish entrepreneur, writer and blogger
 * 3 - Nol Ports, Dutch singer
 * 6 - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Japanese
 * 8 - Gabriel Gómez, Colombian footballer
 * 14 - Hubert Meunier, Luxembourg footballer
 * 15 - Rudi Vranckx, Flemish journalist
 * 16 - Marina de Graaf, Dutch actress
 * 19 - Edward Metgod, Dutch goalkeeping coach and football goalkeeper
 * 20 - Scott Goodyear, Canadian racing driver
 * 20 - Takeyuki Nakayama, Japanese athlete
 * 21 - Florence Griffith Joyner, American athlete (deceased in 1998 )
 * 22 - Bernd Schuster, German footballer and football coach
 * 23 - Luis Fernando Suárez, Colombian footballer and football coach
 * 24 - Keith Deller, English darter
 * 24 - Harrie van Heumen, Dutch hockey
 * 25 - Ton Lokhoff, Dutch footballer and football coach
 * 25 - Tom Wilequet, Flemish designer and web designer
 * 28 - Tomas Gustafson, Swedish skater
 * 30 - Tracey Ullman, British actress and singer
 * 31 - Val Kilmer, American actor
 * date unknown
 * Francis Alÿs, Belgian artist
 * Michael Mel, Papua New Guinean art scientist, philosopher, musician and playwright
 * George Telek, Papua New Guinean singer
 * Carol Twombly, American kalligrafiste and character designer

[Weather Extremes in Belgium edit ]
Source: KMI data Uccle 1901-2003 with additions
 * February 28 : Temperature to 18.7 ° C in Uccle.
 * February : February with lowest number of precipitation days: 4 (normally 16).
 * February : February with lowest average wind speed: 2.6 m / s (normally 4 m / s).
 * February : February with highest pressure: 1032.4 hPa (normal 1016.8 hPa).
 * July 9 : Temperature Maxima of 33.3 ° C and 35.7 ° C in Rochefort Eeklo.
 * July 31 : 82 mm rainfall in Koersel (Beringen) and 98 mm in Botrange (Waimes).
 * September 20 : In Uccle no rain for 30 days, between 22 August and 20th September.
 * September : September with highest sunshine duration: 309 hours (normal 175 hours).
 * September : September with the lowest number of precipitation days: 2 (normally 15).
 * September : September with lowest relative humidity: 68% (normal 82.3%).
 * October 1 : Temperature to 26.9 ° C in Koksijde.
 * October 2 : Temperature to 23.5 ° C and 25.7 ° C in Stavelot in Koksijde.
 * October 7 : Temperature to 24.4 ° C in Ostend.
 * Autumn : Autumn with highest sunshine duration: 528.8 (378.2 normally you).
 * Year Record: sunniest year of the century, with 2121 hours of sunshine in Uccle (normal: 1554 hours). The other sunniest his years, in order, the years 1949, 1947, 1921 and 1976.
 * December : December with lowest air pressure: 1004.4 hPa (normal 1015.2 hPa).

External link (video) [ edit ]

 * Polygon annual 1959 (Netherlands) (.wmv)