1959

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

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Births

• February 11 - [Corinne Shigemoto]?, US judo coach.
• July 11 - Suzanne Vega, US singer
• October 15 - [Sarah Ferguson]?, Duchess of York

Deaths

• February 3 - rock and roll performers Buddy Holly, [Richie Valens]? and [The Big Bopper]?, in a plane crash outside Mason City, Iowa.
• August 15 - Blind Willie McTell, blues singer
• October 14 - [Errol Flynn]?, American actor.
• Raymond Chandler, American novelist.

Events

• September 15 : Russian probe [Luna 2]? sends back first photos of the far side of the Moon.
• China annexes Tibet?.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Emilio Gino Segrè]?, - [Owen Chamberlain]?
• Chemistry - [Jaroslav Heyrovsky]?
• Medicine - [Severo Ochoa]?, [Arthur Kornberg]?
• Literature - [Salvatore Quasimodo]?
• Peace - [Philip J. Noel-Baker]?