1959 a year in review

1959 Corvette

Inflation rate was 1.73 in 1959

Colts win the Championship Game 31016

Rebecca DeMornay was born, SCHWING!

A 1959 Swinsuit advertisement.

GIGI won 9 Oscars

Hawaii became the 50th state on Aug 21st 1959.

Barbie first went on sale.

Bozo the Clown first appeared on TV

The day the Music Died happened in 1959, class assignment, go Google this.

1959 Chrysler Imperial

Elizabeth Taylor in 1959, before she was married a dozen times.

TI patents the first integrated circuit board.

Plan 9 from Outer Space hits the movie theaters. Always voted amongst the worst movies EVER.

a US flag with only 49 stars flew briefly in 1959.

For the first time ever, TV shows the catchers hand signals to the picture on air.

Bob Dylan graduates high school in 1959 from a HS in Minnesota.

June 1959 Playboy cover

Kevin Spacey was born in 1959.

The first ship to enter earth orbit was sent up by the Russians, it was called LUNA 1.

"Some Like it Hot" hit the movies on March 29th 1959, staring Marilyn Monroe.

The Bostin Celtics won the NBA Championship. 9 straight titles for the Celtics. They beat the Minnesota Lakers.

Nov 1st 1959, the first goalie in hockey to wear a mask. His name Jacques Plante.

Jim Brown rushed for 5 touchdowns on Nov 1st 1959.

Oct 4th, the Dodgers set a World Series attendance record. It was also the first World Series on the West Coast.

The Untouchables hit the TV air waves.

Ritchie Valens Donna was popluar on the radio.

Rosanna Arquette was born in 59.

LUNA 2 was the first man made ship to land on the moon.

Sept 26th Typoon Vera hits Japan and kills 4580 people with hundreds missing.

In 1959, the men of Switzerland, vote to not allow woman to vote and get back in the kitchen and make sandwiches.

Fidel Castro comes into power in CUBA.

Val Kilmer is born, Ruining Batman for thousands of geeks who still lived in their moms basement.