Trivia
Trivia
Music 1959
Bobby Darin's had his only number 1 hit in 1959 with a swinging version of the Kurt Weill tune, "Mack, the Knife". Who else topped the charts that year?
Movies 1959
1959 at the movies found Cary Grant chased by a low-flying plane and hanging from Mount Rushmore in the Hitchcock classic North by Northwest. Rosalind Russell became "Auntie Mame" and Disney studios turned Tommy Kirk into a Shaggy Dog, and back again.
Famous Birthdays 1959
Marie Osmond, Florence Griffith Joyner, Babyface and Weird Al Yankovic, are among the Baby Boomers who were born in 1959.
Sports 1959
Baseball
- The Chicago White Sox make their first appearance in the World Series since the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
Despite a team featuring the great Nellie Fox, Luis Aparicio and pitcher Early Wynn, managed by Al Lopez, the Sox lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 2.
Basketball
- Boston Celtics are crowned NBA Champs, sweeping the Minneapolis Lakers, in 4 games.
TV 1959
We take it for granted now, but 1959 marked the first broadcast of a weekly TV series completely in color... that show was "Bonanza".
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