What Happened In September 1959 In History

Historical Events for September, 1959

• 8th » The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
• 12th » Premiere of 'Bonanza', the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
• 12th » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
• 14th » The Soviet probe 'Luna 2' crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
• 15th » Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet Union named Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• 16th » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
• 18th » Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• 19th » Nikita Khrushchev is barred from visiting Disneyland due to security concerns.
• 23rd » Iowa farmer and corn breeder Roswell Garst hosts Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev.
• 25th » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
• 26th » 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 » Nearly 5,000 people die on the main Japanese island of Honshū as the result of a typhoon.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1959

• 1st » Kenny Mayne, American football player and journalist
• 1st » Joe Jusko, American illustrator and painter
• 2nd » Drungo Hazewood, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Guy Laliberté, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and poker player, founded Cirque du Soleil
• 3rd » Merritt Butrick, American actor (d. 1989)
• 4th » Kevin Harrington (actor) named Kevin Harrington, Australian actor and screenwriter
• 4th » Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
• 5th » Frank Schirrmacher, German journalist (d. 2014)
• 6th » Bill Root, Canadian ice hockey player
• 8th » Carmen Campagne, Canadian singer
• 8th » Daler Nazarov, Tajik singer-songwriter and actor
• 9th » Tom Foley (infielder) e.g Tom Foley, American baseball player and coach
• 9th » Éric Serra, French composer and producer
• 10th » Peter Nelson (actor) or Peter Nelson, American actor and producer
• 11th » Andre Dubus III, American author and academic
• 12th » Scott Brown, American colonel and politician
• 12th » Sigmar Gabriel, German politician, 17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
• 13th » Tatyana Mitkova, Russian journalist
• 14th » John Berry (singer) known as John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 14th » Mary Crosby, American actress
• 14th » Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter (A-ha)
• 15th » Mark Kirk, American commander, lawyer, and politician
• 16th » Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor
• 16th » Tim Raines, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 16th » Dave Richardson, South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer
• 16th » Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer (The Runaways)
• 17th » Charles Lawson, Irish actor
• 18th » Ian Arkwright, English footballer
• 18th » Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter
• 18th » Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 20th » Joanna Domańska, Polish pianist and educator
• 21st » Crin Antonescu, Romanian politician, President of Romania
• 21st » Dave Coulier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 21st » Danny Cox, English-American baseball player and coach
• 21st » Corinne Drewery, English singer-songwriter (Swing Out Sister and Working Week (band) known as Working Week)
• 21st » André Hennicke, German actor and screenwriter
• 22nd » Tai Babilonia, American figure skater
• 22nd » Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize Laureate
• 23rd » Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, director, and producer
• 23rd » Frank Cottrell Boyce, English author and screenwriter
• 23rd » Martin Page, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Q-Feel)
• 23rd » Karen Pierce, English diplomat
• 24th » Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-English businessman
• 24th » Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer
• 25th » Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter
• 26th » Rich Gedman, American baseball player and coach
• 27th » Beth Heiden, American speed skater
• 28th » Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver
• 28th » Steve Hytner, American actor
• 28th » Dantes Tsitsi, Nauruan politician
• 30th » Debrah Farentino, American actress
• 30th » Ettore Messina, Italian basketball player and coach

Famous Deaths for September 1959

• 6th » Edmund Gwenn, English-American actor and singer (b. 1877)
• 6th » Kay Kendall, English actress and singer (b. 1926)
• 7th » Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec (b. 1890)
• 9th » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (b. 1883)
• 11th » Paul Douglas (actor) e.g Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907)
• 14th » Wayne Morris (American actor) named Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
• 18th » Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 26th » Leslie Morshead, Australian general (b. 1889)
• 26th » Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)
• 28th » Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)

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