June 1959 calendar

June 1959
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in June 1959.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan (Conservative), Pope John XXIII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on June 1959: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1959?

Events

01 Jun 1959 2-time champ Monterrey Mexico barred from 1959 Little League competition for using players outside predetermined geographical area
02 Jun 1959 Allen Ginsberg writes his poem Lysergic Acid, San Francisco
03 Jun 1959 1st class graduates from Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado
05 Jun 1959 Bob Dylan graduates Hibbing HS in Minnesota
07 Jun 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
08 Jun 1959 First official "missile mail" lands (Jacksonville, Florida, USA).
09 Jun 1959 The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
10 Jun 1959 Rocky Colovito hits four home runs in one game.
11 Jun 1959 US Postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence's book Lady Chatterley's Lover.
12 Jun 1959 San Francisco Giants' Mike McCormick no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 3-0 in five-inning game.
13 Jun 1959 Sammy Kaye Show, last airs on ABC-TV
14 Jun 1959 The Matterhorn Mountain with its Matterhorn Bobsleds ride opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland in California. It is the first thrill ride at Disneyland, and the first ride to use cylindrical rails and urethane wheels. The mountain is 147 feet high, 1/100th the height of the real Matterhorn mountain, and uses 2175 steel girders. Final cost of the attraction is US$1.5 million.
17 Jun 1959 Eamon de Valera elected President of Ireland
18 Jun 1959 First telecast transmitted from England to US.
19 Jun 1959 US Senate rejects President Dwight Eisenhower's appointment of Lewis Strauss for Secretary of Commerce.
20 Jun 1959 A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
22 Jun 1959 Along Came Jones by Coasters peaks at #9
23 Jun 1959 A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim (Norway) kills 34 people.
26 Jun 1959 Ingemar Johansson TKOs Floyd Patterson in 3 for heavywgt boxing title
27 Jun 1959 West Side Story closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 734 performances
28 Jun 1959 Phils Wally Post is only outfielder to throw out 2 runners in an inning twice (Losing to Giants 6-0)
29 Jun 1959 Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical On truth, unity, and peace, in charity
30 Jun 1959 During a game in Wrigley Field, two balls are in play at same time.
09 Jun 1959 The USS is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.