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What Happened In August 1959 In History

Historical Events for August, 1959

  • 7th » 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 » Explorer program: 'Explorer 6' launches from the Eastern Range called Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  • 11th » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
  • 14th » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
  • 17th » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
  • 17th » 'Kind of Blue' by Miles Davis, the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1959

  • 1st » Yoshihide Ōtomo, Japanese guitarist and songwriter (Ground Zero (band) named Ground Zero and Filament (band) called Filament)
  • 2nd » Victoria Jackson, American actress and singer
  • 2nd » Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress (Apollonia 6)
  • 3rd » Martin Atkins, English drummer and producer (Public Image Ltd, Ministry (band) or Ministry, and Killing Joke)
  • 3rd » Mike Gminski, American basketball player
  • 3rd » John C. McGinley, American actor and producer
  • 3rd » Koichi Tanaka, Japanese chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate
  • 4th » Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (Ratt) (d. 2002)
  • 4th » John Gormley, Irish politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin
  • 5th » Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive (band) e.g Dead or Alive)
  • 5th » Pat Smear, American guitarist (Nirvana (band) Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Germs (band) Germs, and Adolescents (band) Adolescents)
  • 6th » Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
  • 7th » Koenraad Elst, Belgian orientalist and author
  • 7th » Ali Shah, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 8th » Caroline Ansink, Dutch flute player, composer, and educator
  • 9th » Kurtis Blow, American rapper and producer
  • 9th » Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor
  • 9th » Michael Kors, American fashion designer
  • 9th » Toni Servillo, Italian actor and director
  • 10th » Rosanna Arquette, American actress, director, and producer
  • 10th » Albert Owen, Welsh sailor and politician
  • 10th » Mark Price (musician) called Mark Price, English drummer (All About Eve (band) known as All About Eve and Del Amitri)
  • 10th » Florent Vollant, Canadian singer-songwriter (Kashtin)
  • 11th » Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Soda Stereo) (d. 2014)
  • 11th » Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman
  • 11th » Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)
  • 11th » Richard Scudamore, English businessman
  • 11th » László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
  • 12th » Amanda Redman, English actress
  • 13th » Danny Bonaduce, American actor
  • 13th » Martyn Brabbins, English conductor
  • 13th » Michael Bradley (musician) known as Michael Bradley, Irish bass player and radio host (The Undertones)
  • 13th » Bruce French (cricketer) called Bruce French, English cricketer and coach
  • 13th » Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
  • 14th » Frank Brickowski, American basketball player
  • 14th » Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
  • 14th » Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach
  • 15th » Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
  • 16th » Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist
  • 17th » Jonathan Franzen, American author
  • 17th » David Koresh, American cult leader (d. 1993)
  • 17th » Chika Sakamoto, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 17th » Eric Schlosser, American journalist and author
  • 18th » Tom Prichard, American wrestler
  • 19th » Susan Cummings (heiress) or Susan Cummings, Monegasque-American murderer
  • 19th » Ricky Pierce, American basketball player
  • 21st » Anne Hobbs, English tennis player
  • 21st » Jim McMahon, American football player
  • 22nd » Juan Croucier, Cuban-American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Ratt and Dokken)
  • 22nd » Pia Gjellerup, Danish politician, Finance Minister of Denmark
  • 22nd » Kidd Kraddick, American radio host (d. 2013)
  • 22nd » Annie Tempest, English cartoonist
  • 22nd » Mark Williams (actor) or Mark Williams, English actor and screenwriter
  • 23rd » Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Orange Juice (band) e.g Orange Juice)
  • 23rd » George Kalovelonis, Greek tennis player
  • 24th » Adrian Kuiper, South African cricketer
  • 24th » Meg Munn, English politician
  • 25th » Ian Falconer, American author and illustrator
  • 25th » Steve Levy (politician) named Steve Levy, American politician
  • 25th » Lane Smith (illustrator) or Lane Smith, American author and illustrator
  • 25th » Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano
  • 26th » Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
  • 27th » Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver
  • 27th » Downtown Julie Brown, English television host and actress
  • 27th » Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor
  • 27th » Denice Denton, American engineer and academic (d. 2006)
  • 27th » András Petőcz, Hungarian author and poet
  • 27th » Jeanette Winterson, English author
  • 28th » Brian Thompson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 29th » Rebecca De Mornay, American actress and singer
  • 29th » Ramón Díaz, Argentinian footballer and manager
  • 29th » Ray Elgaard, Canadian football player
  • 29th » Chris Hadfield, Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
  • 29th » Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian actor and producer
  • 29th » Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fairground Attraction)
  • 29th » Timothy Shriver, American businessman and activist
  • 29th » Stephen Wolfram, English-American physicist and mathematician
  • 31st » Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 31st » Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

Famous Deaths for August 1959

  • 1st » Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
  • 4th » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1898)
  • 5th » Edgar Guest, English-American poet (b. 1881)
  • 6th » Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
  • 16th » William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)
  • 16th » Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879)
  • 19th » Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (b. 1880)
  • 19th » Blind Willie McTell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1901)
  • 28th » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer (b. 1890)

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