May 1959 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1959?

Events

01 May 1959 White Sox Early Wynn beats Red Sox 1-0 on his own HR
02 May 1959 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2.
03 May 1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Land of the Sky Golf Tournament.
04 May 1959 First Grammy Awards: Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald win.
06 May 1959 Iceland gunboats shoot at British fishing ships.
09 May 1959 Dorothy Rigney, husband John, and Hank Greenberg resign from Chicago White Sox.
10 May 1959 Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan.
11 May 1959 Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4
13 May 1959 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV
15 May 1959 100th anniversary of first college baseball game, between Amherst and Williams; Teams re-enact the original contest.
16 May 1959 WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
17 May 1959 Sam Snead sets PGA record for 36 holes at 122.
18 May 1959 Judy by David Seville hits #86
19 May 1959 Jan de Quay becomes Premier of the Netherlands
20 May 1959 Shah of Persia visits Netherlands
21 May 1959 Gypsy opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 702 performances
22 May 1959 Benjamin O Davis Jr becomes 1st black General Major in USAF
23 May 1959 Party with Comden & Green closes at John Golden NYC after 44 performances
24 May 1959 Empire Day renamed Commonwealth Day in England.
25 May 1959 Khrushchev visits Angola
26 May 1959 Harvey Haddix pitches 12 perfect innings, loses in 13th.
28 May 1959 Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 miles (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became first animals retrieved from a space mission.
29 May 1959 Charles de Gaulle forms French Government.
30 May 1959 First Impressions closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 84 performances
31 May 1959 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Cavalier Golf Open.

Famous Birthday

Patrick Bruel
Algerian / French actor / rock vocalist (Coup of Sirocco).
Morrissey
Rock Singer.
Yasmina Reza
French actress and playwright.
Nicole Brown Simpson
Rupert Everett
British born homosexual actor, he is not only known for his good looks but also for his wit, charm and large array of talents.
Antoine de Maximy
Adrian Paul
British actor seen in the TV series, "The Highlanders.
Ving Rhames
American actor.
Randy Travis
American country western singer who has been accredited every award in his field.
French presidential election 2002
Brian Williams
American news anchor.
Nick Cassavetes
American actor director and screenwriter.
Daniel Darc
French singer of the "after punk" and new wave band "Taxi Girl".
Julian Clary
British comedian, film actor, and TV host, best known for his camp television comporting in outrageous costumes and his endless stream of...
Anita Noyes-Smith
British-South African astrologer, known locally for radio and TV appearances.
Michael E Knight
American actor.
Maryline Desbiolles
Ian McCulloch
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen Electrafixion and Crucial Three).
Victoria Rowell
American actress.
Andrea de Cesaris
Italian racing driver.
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Famous Deaths

Renato Caccioppoli
Italian Mathematician / pianist, suicide at 55.
Thomas Carl Whitmer
Composer, dies at 85.
Joe Cook
Stage comedian, dies at 69.
Elisha Scott
Northern Irish footballer (Born 1894).
Oscar Torp
Norwegian premier, dies.
Berend van den Amstel [Bernard CED Hattink]
Dutch actor, dies at age 56.
Alfred Schutz
Austrian/US architect/philosopher, dies at age 60.
Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
mother of Empress Zita of Austria (Born 1862).
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Argentine jurist who in 1936 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his part in ending the Chaco War (1932–35), fought between Bolivia...
Joe Kelly
TV host (Quiz Kids), dies at 57.
Sidney Bechet
American saxophonist clarinet player and composer (d. 1959).
Ed Walsh
American baseball player and coach (d. 1959).
John Foster Dulles
American, 52nd United States Secretary of State (Born 1888).
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