Month April 1959 Calendar

About Month of April Calendar

• April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
  
  April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).

Historical Events for April, 1959

• Day of Week 1st » Archbishop Iakovos of America known as Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America e.g Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America.
• Day of Week 8th » 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 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
• Day of Week 10th » Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, marries Empress Michiko of Japan named Michiko.
• Day of Week 25th » The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes (North America) named Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1959

• 1st » Helmuth Duckadam, Romanian footballer
• 1st » Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (Ekatarina Velika) (d. 2002)
• 2nd » David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 2nd » Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
• 2nd » Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
• 2nd » Steve Monarque, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 2nd » Badou Zaki, Moroccan footballer and manager
• 3rd » David Hyde Pierce, American actor
• 4th » Phil Morris (actor) e.g Phil Morris, American actor
• 5th » Julius Drake, English pianist
• 6th » Gail Shea, Canadian politician
• 9th » Bernard Jenkin, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• 10th » Babyface (musician) or Babyface, American singer-songwriter and producer (After 7, The Deele, and Manchild (band) known as Manchild)
• 10th » Uwe Behrens, German footballer and manager
• 10th » Davy Carton, English-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Saw Doctors and Blaze X)
• 10th » Yvan Loubier, Canadian economist and politician
• 10th » Brian Setzer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stray Cats, The Tomcats, and The Brian Setzer Orchestra)
• 11th » Pierre Lacroix (ice hockey b. 1959) e.g Pierre Lacroix, Canadian ice hockey player
• 11th » Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge
• 12th » Howard Stableford, English radio and television host
• 12th » Tracy Tormé, American screenwriter and producer
• 15th » Fruit Chan, Chinese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 15th » Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 15th » Emma Thompson, English actress and screenwriter
• 15th » Thomas F. Wilson, American actor
• 16th » Robert Casilla, American illustrator
• 16th » Scott McKinsey, American director and producer
• 16th » Alison Ramsay, Scottish field hockey player
• 17th » Sean Bean, English actor
• 17th » Jimmy Mann (ice hockey) or Jimmy Mann, Canadian ice hockey player
• 18th » Susan Faludi, American journalist and author
• 18th » Frank Mulholland, Scottish lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
• 19th » Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, English activist
• 19th » Donald Markwell, Australian sociologist and educator
• 19th » Teofisto Guingona III, Filipino politician
• 20th » Clint Howard, American actor
• 21st » Tim Jacobus, American illustrator
• 21st » Arno Pijpers, Dutch footballer and coach
• 21st » Robert Smith (musician) called Robert Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and The Glove)
• 22nd » Keith Boanas, English footballer and manager
• 22nd » Terry Francona, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 22nd » Catherine Mary Stewart, Canadian actress
• 22nd » Ryan Stiles, American-Canadian actor and producer
• 24th » Eren Keskin, Turkish lawyer and activist
• 24th » Glenn Morshower, American actor
• 24th » Malcolm Oastler, Australian-English engineer
• 24th » Dave Ridgway, English-Canadian football player
• 24th » Paula Yates, English television host and author (d. 2000)
• 25th » Clarissa Burt, American model and actress
• 25th » Paul Madden (diplomat) called Paul Madden, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Australia
• 25th » Daniel Kash, Canadian actor and director
• 25th » Tony Phillips, American baseball player
• 26th » John Corabi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mötley Crüe, Angora (band) Angora, The Scream (band) The Scream, Union (band) Union, and Brides of Destruction)
• 26th » Thanasis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player
• 27th » Sheena Easton, Scottish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 27th » Louis Lortie, Canadian-German pianist
• 27th » Neil Pearson, English actor
• 28th » Erhard Loretan, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2011)
• 30th » Paul Gross, Canadian actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 30th » Stephen Harper, Canadian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
• 30th » W. Thomas Smith, Jr., American journalist and author

Famous Deaths for April 1959

• 6th » Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli scholar (b. 1895)
• 9th » Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater (b. 1867)
• 13th » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch conductor (b. 1901)
• 16th » Charles Halton, American actor (b. 1876)
• 18th » Irving Cummings, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1888)
• 18th » Percy Smith (footballer) e.g Percy Smith, English footballer and manager (b. 1880)

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