Being born under the Chinese Zodiac Sign Pig tend to be chivalrous and gallant. Whenever they do things you can be sure they will put their all in it. Pig people have a go forward mentality. They have amazing fortitude and strong honesty. Always very loyal towards their friends. Usually Pigs will make few friends but then again those are all for life. With introverted tendencies they talk little, but have strong thirst for knowledge! Studying is of importance for them and they are generally well informed. Boars have fast tempers, but they are not ones for arguments and quarreling. They are kind to their loved ones. No matter how bad problems are, Boars try to work them out with honesty and sometimes impulsively.
Astrology character and traits of Pig sign: Loyal, chivalrous, gallant, reliable, intellectual, sincere, tolerant, honest, generous, indulgent, lucky, light-hearted, naive and easily provoked.
1959 Zodiac Sign Pig Compatibility
Chinese Zodiac Signs are based upon a twelve year lunar cycle. Your zodiac animal sign is determined by your birthday year. If you were born in 1959 then your astrological sign is Pig. There are twelve animal signs. Each animal has it's own attributes and personality traits the Chinese believe comprise the nature of each particular animal.
Best matches for Zodiac Sign Pig are: Tiger, Rabbit, Rooster, Goat, Ox, Dog
Bad matches for Zodiac Sign Pig are: Snake
Historical Events for the Year 1959
2nd January Star Sign » 'Luna 1', the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
22nd January Star Sign » Knox Mine disaster: Water breaches the River Slope Mine near Pittston, Pennsylvania in Port Griffith, Pennsylvania known as Port Griffith; 12 miners are killed.
30th January Star Sign » ship MS Hans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMS Titanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
3rd February Star Sign » Deaths of rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper or J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, in a The Day the Music Died called plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.
6th February Star Sign » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
6th February » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
9th February Star Sign » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, Soviet Union or USSR.
11th February Star Sign » The Federation of Arab Emirates of the South, which will later become South Yemen, is created as a protectorate of the United Kingdom.
16th February Star Sign » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
17th February Star Sign » Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.
19th February Star Sign » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is then formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
20th February Star Sign » The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic fighter aircraft or jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the John George Diefenbaker e.g Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
28th February Star Sign » 'Discoverer 1', an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched. It failed to achieve orbit.
9th March Star Sign » The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
17th March Star Sign » 14th Dalai Lama known as Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India.
18th March Star Sign » President of the United States or President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.
24th March Star Sign » The Party of the African Federation is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keïta.
31st March Star Sign » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
1st April Star Sign » Archbishop Iakovos of America known as Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America e.g Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America.
8th April Star Sign » 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.
8th April » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
10th April Star Sign » Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, marries Empress Michiko of Japan named Michiko.
25th April Star Sign » The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes (North America) named Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
30th May Star Sign » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General of New Zealand or Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
3rd June Star Sign » Singapore was declared a self-governing state even though it was still a part of the British Empire.
5th June Star Sign » The first government of the Singapore named State of Singapore is sworn in.
8th June Star Sign » The USS Barbero SS-317 6 and United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
9th June Star Sign » The USS George Washington SSBN-598 6 is launched. It is the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles.
14th June Star Sign » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
14th June » A group of Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic with the intent of overthrowing the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
23rd June Star Sign » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
23rd June » A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim (Norway) kills 34 people.
1st July Star Sign » The Party of the African Federation holds its constitutive conference.
1st July » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S.A., the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth of Nations e.g Commonwealth countries.
7th July Star Sign » Venus Occultation named occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
15th July Star Sign » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
21st July Star Sign » Pumpsie Green or Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first list of African-American firsts e.g African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1
24th July Star Sign » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, Vice President of the United States named U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
25th July Star Sign » SR.N1 hovercraft crosses the English Channel from Calais known as Calais, France to Dover, England in just over two hours.
29th July Star Sign » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the United States known as Union.
7th August Star Sign » The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. Penny (United States coin) named penny goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design, and was minted until 2008.
7th August » Explorer program: 'Explorer 6' launches from the Eastern Range called Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
11th August Star Sign » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
14th August Star Sign » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
17th August Star Sign » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
17th August » 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.
19th September Star Sign » Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland due to security concerns.
23rd September Star Sign » Iowa farmer and corn breeder Roswell Garst hosts Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.
25th September Star Sign » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
26th September Star Sign » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
27th September Star Sign » Nearly 5,000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.
2nd October Star Sign » The anthology series 'The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) called The Twilight Zone' premieres on CBS television.
7th October Star Sign » Soviet Union e.g U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
12th October Star Sign » At the national congress of Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana or APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde.
21st October Star Sign » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens to the public.
21st October » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an Executive order (United States) e.g executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other Germany called German scientists from the United States Army to NASA.
1st November Star Sign » Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game.
1st November » In Rwanda, Hutu politician Dominique Mbonyumutwa is beaten up by Tutsi forces, leading to a period of violence known as the wind of destruction.
2nd November Star Sign » Quiz show scandals: 'Twenty One (game show) e.g Twenty One' game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congress of the United States named Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
2nd November » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway (Great Britain) named M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
19th November Star Sign » The Ford Motor Company announces the discontinuation of the unpopular Edsel.
21st November Star Sign » American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularized the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, is fired from WABC (AM) named WABC-AM radio for refusing to deny allegations that he had participated in the payola scandal.
23rd November Star Sign » President of France called French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "European integration named Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
1st December Star Sign » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
3rd December Star Sign » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
13th December Star Sign » List of archbishops of Cyprus known as Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.
20th December Star Sign » Unknown attackers Walker family murders called murder the Walker family in Osprey, Florida.