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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 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 December 1959: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1959?


Events

  • 01 Dec 1959 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB).
  • 02 Dec 1959 Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus.
  • 03 Dec 1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends.
  • 04 Dec 1959 A monkey returns to Earth safely, after being launched 55 miles high into outer space by the United States space program.
  • 05 Dec 1959 Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with first ball in Tests.
  • 07 Dec 1959 Saratoga opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances
  • 08 Dec 1959 Dom Mintoff demands independence for Malta.
  • 13 Dec 1959 Archbishop Makarios becomes the first President of Cyprus.
  • 14 Dec 1959 J B Jordan in F-104C sets world altitude record, 31,513 metres.
  • 15 Dec 1959 Everly Brothers record Let It Be Me
  • 16 Dec 1959 Snow falling in Lowarai Pass, West Pakistan, kills 48.
  • 17 Dec 1959 On The Beach, is 1st film to premiere on both sides of Iron Curtain
  • 18 Dec 1959 Sammy Baugh named first coach of New York Titans (AFL).
  • 20 Dec 1959 Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India versus Australia at Kanpur.
  • 21 Dec 1959 10th largest snowfall in NYC history (13.7)
  • 22 Dec 1959 Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Fort Worth.
  • 25 Dec 1959 A synagogue in Cologne Germany desecrated with swatstikas
  • 27 Dec 1959 Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game
  • 29 Dec 1959 Physicist Richard Feynman gives a speech entitled ''There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom'', which is regarded as the birth of nanotechnology; the Lisbon Metro begins operation.
  • 30 Dec 1959 George Washington, 1st ballistic missile sub commissioned

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in December 1959?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Mack The Knife
  2. - Heartaches By The Number
  3. - Why
  4. - Don't You Know
  5. - Mr. Blue

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - What Do You Want?
  2. - Mack The Knife
  3. - What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?
  4. - Travellin' Light
  5. - Oh Carol

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Anari

Anari

Release year: 1959

Directed by: Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Starring: Raj Kapoor, Nutan, Lalita Pawar, Shubha Khote

Suddenly, Last Summer

Suddenly, Last Summer

Release year: 1959

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker

Country: United States of America

On the Beach

On the Beach

Release year: 1959

Directed by: Stanley Kramer

Starring: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins

Country: United States of America

Our Man in Havana

Our Man in Havana

Release year: 1959

Directed by: Carol Reed

Starring: Alec Guinness, Maureen O'Hara, Burl Ives, Ernie Kovacs

Country: United States of America

The Cow and I

The Cow and I

Release year: 1959

Directed by: Henri Verneuil

Starring: Fernandel, Pierre-Louis, Ellen Schwiers, Ingeborg Schöner

Books

Which were the most popular books released in December 1959?
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The Devil'S Advocate by Morris L. West

The Devil'S Advocate

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The Vatican sends a terminally ill English priest to Italy to investigate the story of a local hero, reputed miracle worker, and to inquire into his life.

Adventurous Alliance by Louise Hall Tharp

Adventurous Alliance

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Boston published Biography

The Ugly American by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick

The Ugly American

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This multi-million-copy bestseller is the one that gave rise to the term "tragic American blunders abroad". The episode that gives the book its name is Homer Atkins. He's a simple and plain-spoken man who was sent by the U.S.

The Secret World Of Kids by Art Linkletter

The Secret World Of Kids

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Art Linkletter, an adopted child from Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan), who rose to the top of the entertainment ladder, shares his secret formula for family fun.

Return To Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

Return To Peyton Place

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Grace Metalious published Peyton Place in 1956. This novel, which unbuttoned the strict New England of popular imagination, revolutionized the publishing industry and topped bestseller lists for more that a decade.