April 1959 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1959 Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America.
• 05 Apr 1959 23rd Golf Masters Championship: Art Wall Jr wins, shooting a 284.
• 06 Apr 1959 31st Academy Awards: Gigi, Susan Hayward, and David Niven win.
• 07 Apr 1959 Oklahoma ends alcohol prohibition, after 51 years.
• 08 Apr 1959 A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
• 09 Apr 1959 Bill Sharman hits an NBA record 56 consecutive foul shots.
• 10 Apr 1959 Japanese Prince Akihito marries Shōda Michiko.
• 11 Apr 1959 Jamaica closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 558 performances
• 12 Apr 1959 France Observator reports torture practice by French army in Algeria
• 13 Apr 1959 Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed).
• 14 Apr 1959 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 15 Apr 1959 Fidel Castro begins US goodwill tour.
• 16 Apr 1959 Party with Comden & Green opens at John Golden NYC for 44 performances
• 19 Apr 1959 Uprising in La Paz, Bolivia, fails.
• 20 Apr 1959 63rd Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:22:42.
• 21 Apr 1959 1211-kg great white shark becomes largest fish ever caught on a rod
• 22 Apr 1959 Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City Athletics 20-6, in one inning Sox score 11 runs on one hit, ten walks, and three errors.
• 23 Apr 1959 Destry Rides Again opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 472 performances
• 24 Apr 1959 Netherlands Dance Theater opens (Rudi of Dantzig & Cut Flier)
• 25 Apr 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway linking Atlantic, Great Lakes opens to shipping
• 26 Apr 1959 Cuba invades Panam�.
• 27 Apr 1959 Today show goes abroard 1st time (Paris France)
• 28 Apr 1959 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting

Famous Birthday

• Robert Smith (musician)
• Emma Thompson

  British actress, the member of a theatrical family.

• Sean Bean

  English actor.

• Alessandro Rambaldi
• Stephen Harper

  Canadian politician and Prime Minister of Canada, elected in January 2006.

• Paula Yates

  Welsh TV personality in the UK, the former wife of rocker Bob Geldof and due to marry Michael Hutchence of the Australian rock group INXS...

• Herr Seele

  Belgian cartoonist, painter, writer, actor, media figure, piano tuner and piano collector.

• Pietro Vierchowod
• Sheena Easton

  Scottish/American singer and entertainer who won a contest to be featured on a BBC-TV show about the making of a pop star.

• Brian Setzer

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stray Cats The Tomcats and The Brian Setzer Orchestra).

• Nathalie Rheims
• Jean Le Cam
• Marc Madiot

  French road racing cyclist, a double winner of Paris–Roubaix (1985, 1991).

• Elisabeth Platel
• Christophe Mourthé
• Beth Rosato

  American pro astrologer, practicing since 1979.

• David Hyde Pierce
• Alex Hermant

  French storm chaser and author of the book, "Traqueur d'orages" (Storm Tracking).

• Jean-Marie Wampers
• Roger Eno

  British pianist and the younger brother of electronic whiz kid Brian Eno.

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Famous Deaths

• James Gleason

  Dies at 76.

• Benjamin Christensen

  Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery), dies at 79.

• Irving Cummings Sr

  Actor / director (In Old Arizona), dies at 70.

• Jef van Hoof

  Composer, dies at 72.

• Armand Louis Joseph Marsick

  Composer, dies at 81.

• Gustave Charlier

  Belgian literature historian, dies.

• Frank Lloyd Wright

  US architect (Guggenheim Museum, New York), dies at age 89.

• Rigardus "Rijn" Rijnhout

  Giant of Rotterdam (2.

• Gordon Armstrong

  inventor of baby incubator, dies.

• Leo Aryeh Mayer

  Israeli professor and scholar of Islamic art (Born 1895).

• Eduard A van Beinum

  Dutch musician / conductor, dies at 57.

• Charles Halton

  American murderer.

• Ernest Willem Mulder

  Composer, dies at 60.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Frankie Avalon - Venus
2. The Fleetwoods - Come Softly To Me
3. Elvis Presley - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
4. The Coasters - Charlie Brown
5. Brook Benton - It's Just A Matter Of Time

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Shirley Bassey - As I Love You
2. Russ Conway - Side Saddle
3. The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
4. Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore
5. Slim Dusty - A Pub With No Beer