Thursday 21 May 1959
It was Thursday, under the sign of Gemini (see planets position on May 21, 1959). The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Antoine de Maximy and Nick Cassavetes.
In that special week of May people in US were listening to Kansas City by Wilbert Harrison.
In UK A Fool Such As I / I Need Your Love Tonight by Elvis Presley was in the top 5 hits.
Face of a Fugitive, directed by Paul Wendkos, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1959
while Charley Weaver'S Letters From Mamma by Cliff Arquette was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Heidi.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Holidays:
- Saint Constantine the Great
- Equals-to-the-Apostles
- Saints Constantine and Helena
- Saint Mireille
- Saint Charles-EugFne de Mazenod
- Dia de la Afrocolombianidad marks the abolition of slavery in Colombia.
- Navy Day (Dfa de las Glorias Navales) in Chile.
- Saint Goderik
Famous Birthdays:
- Antoine de Maximy
- Nick Cassavetes: American actor director and screenwriter.
- Maryline Desbiolles
- Brian Lenihan
- Brigitte Bourguignon
- Abdulla Yameen: Maldivian politician 6th President of the Maldives.
- Rachid Zaidi: French manager of a housing development, in charge of La Cité des 4000 housing complex in La Courneuve.
- Frédéric Boulesteix: French author, a specialist on Korea.
- Bronson Pinchot: Actor.
- Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: Musician.
Facts:
- Gypsy opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 702 performances
- ''Gypsy: A Musical Fable'', starring Ethel Merman in her last new musical, opens on Broadway and runs for 702 performances
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in May 1959?
- LIFE: Jimmy Hoffa
- Time: Chris Craft's president
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7615
- Beano: Your personalised Beano Book from 1959
Genealogy: find out your family heritage
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of May 1959 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
- The Impalas - Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)
- Dave Baby Cortez - The Happy Organ
- Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb) - Edward Byrnes
- Dion and the Belmonts - A Teenager In Love
- Bobby Darin - Dream Lover
- Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans
- Martin Denny - Quiet Village
- Fabian - Turn Me Loose
- Dodie Stevens - Pink Shoe Laces
Top #10 R&B songs
- Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
- That's Why (I Love You So) - Jackie Wilson
- The Fiestas - So Fine
- Brook Benton - Endlessly
- Dave "Baby" Cortez - The Happy Organ
- Dodie Stevens - Pink Shoe Laces
- LaVern Baker - I Waited Too Long
- Chuck Berry - Almost Grown
- The Platters - Enchanted
- Sam Cooke - Everybody Likes To Cha Cha Cha
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
Charley Weaver'S Letters From Mamma
From coast to coast more people are keeping their television sets on much later, more nights because of Cliff Arquette. A regular on NBC's "Jack Paar Show," Cliff's meteoric rise
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Elizabeth The Great
A revealing study of the Queen and her court--their daily lives, concerns, topics of conversation, meals, living condition, travels, successes and failures--that places them firmly within the historical context of 16th
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The Ugly American
The multi-million-copy bestseller that coined the phrase for tragic American blunders abroad. In the episode that lends the book its title, the "ugly American" is Homer Atkins, a plain and plain-spoken man, who has been sent by the U.S.
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