Deaths Sidney Bechet Billie Holiday Cecil B. DeMille J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) Buddy Holly Richie Valens Lou Costello Maxey Long Raymond Chandler Frank Lloyd Wright Preston Sturges Mario Lanza Errol Flynn George Reeves … [Read more...]
TV 1959
Debuting Bonanza (first weekly TV series broadcast completely in color) Hawaiian Eye The Twilight Zone (first round of shows. Rod Serling’s program would run til 1964, then return in 1985 and in 2002.) The Bell Telephone Hour Ending Your Hit Parade (Debuted in 1935 on radio, moved to television in 1950) Dragnet(first round of shows, running from 1952 - 1959. It … [Read more...]
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. … [Read more...]
Famous Birthdays 1959
Births “Weird Al” Yankovic Adrian Paul Aidan Quinn Apollonia Kotero Babyface Brian Setzer (Stray Cats) Bronson Pinchot Bryan Adams Danny Ainge Dave Coulier David Hyde Pierce Emma Thompson Florence Griffith Joyner Israel Kamakawiwo’ole Jim McMahon Jody Watley John McEnroe Kathy Sledge (Sister Sledge) Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go’s) Keith Olbermann Kevin … [Read more...]
Movies 1959
Tops at the Box Office Auntie Mame The Shaggy Dog Some Like It Hot Pillow Talk Imitation of Life The Nun's Story Anatomy of a Murder North by Northwest Sleeping Beauty Rio Bravo The Diary of Anne Frank The 400 Blows Porgy and Bess Suddenly, Last Summer Room at the Top The Oscars Best Picture Ben Hur Best Actor Charlton Heston for … [Read more...]