January 8, 1959 — Cuban Revolution ends in Communist victory
The fall of Cuba’s Batista government, after six years of fighting between government forces and Castro’s revolutionary army, was officially...
January 19, 2018
1959
February 3, 1959 — Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper die in a plane crash
The facts, as generally agreed upon, are these: At approximately 1AM on February 3, 1959, Holly, Valens and Richardson (‘the...
January 14, 2018
February 7, 1959 — Guitar Slim dies
Eddie Jones – better known to most as “Guitar Slim” – was only 32 when he died pf pneumonia (which...
January 9, 2018
May 14, 1959 — Sinatra finishes recording “No One Cares”
On this day, Sinatra completed the recording of this, his third album for the year, after a break of over...
December 29, 2017
May 28, 1959 – Space Monkeys Able and Miss Baker become the first living beings to safely return to Earth
In the early days of space exploration, no government seemed ready to send humans into space. After all, no one...
December 24, 2017
June 23, 1959 — Charles Starkweather is executed for murder
One of the earliest modern spree killers, Charles Starkweather was responsible for the deaths of eleven people in Nebraska and...
December 19, 2017
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