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

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of November 1959?


Events

  • 01 Nov 1959 Jim Brown scores 5 TDs in Cleveland Browns 38-31 win over Baltimore
  • 02 Nov 1959 Girls against the Boys opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 16 performances
  • 04 Nov 1959 Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs' shortstop, wins National League Most Valuable Player.
  • 05 Nov 1959 AFL announced with 8 teams
  • 08 Nov 1959 KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
  • 10 Nov 1959 Corinne Rottschaeffer elected Miss World
  • 11 Nov 1959 1st episode of Rocky & His Friends airs
  • 12 Nov 1959 The Warner Bros. religious epic ''The Miracle'', very loosely based on the 1911 stage pantomime ''Das Mirakel'', is released. It is a critical and financial bomb.
  • 14 Nov 1959 Girls against the Boys closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 performances
  • 15 Nov 1959 Four members of the Herbert Clutter Family are murdered at their farm outside Holcomb, Kansas. Dick Hickock and Perry Smith were ultimately caught and convicted of the murders.
  • 16 Nov 1959 Sound of Music opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 1443 performances
  • 17 Nov 1959 Giants slugger Willie McCovey wins NL Rookie of Year
  • 18 Nov 1959 Washingston Senator Bob Allison wins AL Rookie of Year
  • 19 Nov 1959 Rocky & His Friends debuts on ABC
  • 20 Nov 1959 WABC fires Alan Freed over payola scandal
  • 21 Nov 1959 Max Baer, American heavyweight boxing champion (1934), dies at age 49.
  • 22 Nov 1959 Boston Patriots enter the AFL.
  • 23 Nov 1959 Fiorello! opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 796 performances
  • 25 Nov 1959 Once Upon a Mattress opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 460 performances
  • 28 Nov 1959 47th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 21-7
  • 30 Nov 1959 Joe Foss named first commissioner of AFL.

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Music charts

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

  1. - Mack The Knife
  2. - Mr. Blue
  3. - Put Your Head On My Shoulder
  4. - Don't You Know
  5. - Teen Beat

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Mack The Knife
  2. - Travellin' Light
  3. - Here Comes Summer
  4. - ('Til) I Kissed You
  5. - What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

Release year: 1959

Directed by: William Wyler

Starring: Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Haya Harareet

Country: United States of America

Ballad of a Soldier

Ballad of a Soldier

Release year: 1959

Directed by: Grigoriy Chukhray

Starring: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolay Kryuchkov

Country: United States of America

Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat

Release year: 1959

Directed by: Blake Edwards

Starring: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill

Country: United States of America

Third Man on the Mountain

Third Man on the Mountain

Release year: 1959

Directed by: Ken Annakin

Starring: Michael Rennie, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, James Donald

Le Bossu

Le Bossu

Release year: 1959

Directed by: André Hunebelle

Starring: Jean Marais, Bourvil, Sabine Sesselmann, Jean Le Poulain

Books

Which were the most popular books released in November 1959?
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The Art Of Llewellyn Jones by Paul Hyde Bonner

The Art Of Llewellyn Jones

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The Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier

The Breaking Point

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"The attraction of romance and the clashing of highly-charged emotions." --New York Herald TribuneIn this collection, Daphne du Maurier presents suspenseful stories in which fantasies are revealed, as well as murderous dreams and forgotten worlds.

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 Great Imposter by Robert Crichton

The Great Imposter

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This book details the incredible careers of some of the most outrageous imposters of our time.

The Thirteenth Apostle by Eugene Vale

The Thirteenth Apostle

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Los Angeles Times: This is what great novels are made of. . . This book is powerful and important. "This