February 1959 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1959 Texas Instruments requests patent of IC
• 02 Feb 1959 Vince Lombardi signs a five-year contract to coach the Green Bay Packers.
• 03 Feb 1959 American Airlines' Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65.
• 04 Feb 1959 Israel begins exporting copper ore.
• 05 Feb 1959 Redhead opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 455 performances
• 06 Feb 1959 1st successful test-fire of Titan ICBM
• 07 Feb 1959 Whoop-Up closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 56 performances
• 09 Feb 1959 The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• 10 Feb 1959 Dutch Princess Wilhelmina publishes Lonely, but not alone
• 11 Feb 1959 The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
• 12 Feb 1959 The US Mint releases the 1959 Lincoln Memorial cent to circulation.
• 13 Feb 1959 Barbie doll goes on sale
• 14 Feb 1959 US$3.6 million heroin seizure in New York City, New York.
• 15 Feb 1959 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Saint Petersburg Golf Tournament.
• 17 Feb 1959 First weather satellite launched, Vanguard 2, 9.8kg.
• 19 Feb 1959 Britain, Turkey and Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence.
• 20 Feb 1959 The Canadian Government cancels the CF-105 Arrow project.
• 22 Feb 1959 Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
• 23 Feb 1959 KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 27 Feb 1959 Chicago Cards trade running back Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players
• 28 Feb 1959 Goldilocks closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances

Famous Birthday

• John McEnroe

  German-American tennis champ who first made international headlines in 1977-1978 as the youngest player to reach the men's semi-finals at...

• Kyle MacLachlan

  American actor, best known for his performance as a small town innocent in "Blue Velvet," 1986.

• Francis Heaulme
• Christine Angot

  French writer, novelist and playwright; perhaps best known for her 1999 novel L'Inceste (Incest) which recounts an incestuous relationship...

• Renee Fleming

  American soprano.

• Maria Ramos
• Ali Campbell

  British reggae vocalist/guitarist (UB40 - "Red Red Wine").

• José María Cano
• John Calipari

  American basketball head coach, Nets.

• Henry Czerny

  Actor.

• Fabián Bielinsky
• Susanne Nevrin

  Swedish-American model known as Zanna.

• Mike Peters (musician)
• Lawrence Taylor

  American athlete, line backer for the New York Giants from 1981 until 1993 when he retired from the game.

• Sheila Grier

  Scottish television actress best known for her stint in "Brookside" for two years and for the daily soap "Take the High Road.

• Jayne Atkinson

  English actress.

• Ali Bongo

  British magician (Born 1929).

• Éric Godon
• Alexandre Djouhri
• Maurice Leroy
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Famous Deaths

• Madame Sul-To-Wan [Conley]

  Actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85.

• Napoleon Lajorie

  Baseball player, dies at 83.

• Slim [Eddie Jones] Guitar

  Rocker, dies at 32.

• William L Axt

  Composer, dies at 70.

• Alfred Alessandrescu

  Composer, dies at 65.

• Eric Zeisl

  Composer, dies at 53.

• Helen Parrish

  Actress (Hour Glass), dies of cancer at 36.

• Kathryn Adams

  Actress (Meet the Chump, 5th Avenue Girl).

• Ray McDonald

  Dancer, dies of barbiturate overdose at 38.

• Owen Willans Richardson

  British physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (Born 1879).

• The Day the Music Died\ \ Buddy Holly

  American singer (Born 1936)\ Roger Peterson, pilot (b.

• Daniel F Malan

  premier of South Africa (1948-54), dies at age 84.

• William J "Wild Bill" Donovan

  Office Strategic Services, dies at age 76.

• Owen W Richardson English physicist (Nobel Prize 1928)

  dies at age 69.

• DF Malan

  South African Prime Minister, father of Apartheid policy (Born 1874).

• Guitar Slim

  American blues guitarist (Born 1926).

• Selig Suskin

  Russian-born Israeli agronomist and early Zionist (Born 1873).

• Maxwell Anderson

  American "omnisexual," a hormone-taking but non-operative female-to-male "transman.

• Big Bopper

  American pop star, disc jockey and composer.

• Marshall Teague

  American race car driver (Born 1922).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Platters - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
2. Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
3. Connie Francis - My Happiness
4. Bill Parsons - The All American Boy
5. The Crests - 16 Candles

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe
2. Elvis Presley - One Night / I Got Stung
3. Shirley Bassey - As I Love You
4. Jane Morgan - The Day The Rains Came
5. Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon