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1959 in the United States

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1959
in
the United States

Decades:
See also:
Dwight Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev and their wives at a state dinner, 1959.

Events from the year 1959 in the United States. With the admittance of Alaska and Hawaii, this is the last year in which states are added to the union.

Incumbents

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Events

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January–March

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January 3: Alaska admitted as 49th state

April–June

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April 9: NASA announces the "Mercury Seven"

July–September

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August 21: Hawaii admitted as 50th state

October–December

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October 21: The Guggenheim opens

Undated

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Ongoing

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Births

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January

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February

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March

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Lester Holt

April

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May

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Brian Williams

June

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Mike Pence
The Ultimate Warrior

July

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Kevin Nash
Kevin Spacey

August

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Magic Johnson
David Koresh

September

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Chris Hansen

October

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Nancy Grace
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Dave Meltzer

November

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December

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Lee Daniels

Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Grove Press, Inc. v. Christenberry, 175 F. Supp. 488 (SDNY 1959), 21 July 1959.
  2. ^ Carroll, Bob, ed. (1999). Total football: the official encyclopedia of the National Football League. New York City: HarperCollins. p. 84. ISBN 9780062701749.
  3. ^ Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 512. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
  4. ^ Capote, Truman (1966). In Cold Blood.
  5. ^ Carroll, Bob, ed. (1999). Total football: the official encyclopedia of the National Football League. New York City: HarperCollins. p. 84. ISBN 9780062701749.
  6. ^ "1960 — Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) Transistor Demonstrated". The Silicon Engine. Computer History Museum.
  7. ^ Gant, Margaret Elizabeth (1979). The Raven's Story. Glen Raven, NC: Glen Raven, Inc. ISBN 0-9603138-0-X.
  8. ^ "Lars Kristopher Larson". Who's Who in the West, 26th ed. Accessed June 17, 2013 via LexisNexis.
  9. ^ "Susan Faludi". Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Official site biography". Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
  11. ^ Former Patriots LB Clayton Weishuhn Dies at 62
  12. ^ "Nancy Grace: Biography". TV Guide. CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
  13. ^ Dr. Paul Farmer, global humanitarian leader, dies at 62
  14. ^ 'Veteran Wisconsin Assemblyman Dies,' The Eau Claire Daily Telegram (Wisconsin), May 26, 1959, pg. 10
  15. ^ New York Times (The) (July 18, 1959). "Billie Holiday Dies Here at 44 – Jazz Singer Had Wide Influence". The New York Times. Vol. 108, no. 37065 (Late City ed.). p. 15. Retrieved November 25, 2013 – via TimesMachine.
  16. ^ Genevieve Rose Cline at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  17. ^ "Edna Wallace Hopper, Actress With Perpetual Youth, Is Dead. Star of 'Floradora', Other Hits of the Early 1900s. Lectured on Beauty. A Stock Trader". The New York Times. December 15, 1959. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
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