* Brett Austin ( 1959 – 1990 ), New Zealand swimmer

British Medical Journal, Jan. 3, 1959, 1 ( 5113 ): 1 – 6.

* 1959 – Gail Shea, Canadian politician

* 1883 – Dally Messenger, Australian footballer ( d. 1959 )

* 1959 – Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer

* 1959 – Stephen Harper, Canadian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

* 1959 – W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist

* 1909 – Lester Young, American saxophonist ( d. 1959 )

* 1959 – Gerhard Berger, Austrian race car driver

* 1959 – Downtown Julie Brown, English television host and actress

* 1959 – Juan Fernando Cobo, Colombian painter and sculptor

* 1959 – András Petöcz, Hungarian author

* 1959 – Jeanette Winterson, English novelist

* 1959 – Rajendra Singh Indian water conservationist

* 1875 – Albert Ketèlbey, English conductor, composer, and pianist ( d. 1959 )

* 1959 – Kurtis Blow, American rapper and producer

* 1959 – Stuart Hughes, Canadian actor

* 1959 – Michael Kors, American fashion designer

* 1959 – Toni Servillo, Italian actor and director

* 1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor

* 1959 – Michael Bradley, Irish bass player and radio host ( The Undertones )

* 1959 – Bruce French, English cricketer

* 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player

* 1959 – Victoria Jackson, American comedian, actress, and singer

* 1959 – Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress ( Apollonia 6 )

* Princess Catherine Yurievskaya, the youngest daughter of Alexander II of Russia, lived on Hayling Island for many years and was buried at St Peter's church in 1959.

* 1959 – A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.

* 1959 Bill Mauldin ( St Louis Post-Dispatch )

* St. Lawrence Seaway April 25, 1959

The St Kilda to Brighton Beach Electric Street Railway closed on 28 February 1959 and was replaced by buses.

In 1959 Turner was charged with what he described as " interstate transportation of forged cheques and conspiracy ", and was forced to stand trial in St. Louis.

From 1954 to 1960, she appeared in the television adaptations of Blithe Spirit in 1956 and The Bells of St. Mary's in 1959.

After graduating from St. Francis Xavier with a degree in political science in 1959, Mulroney at first pursued a law degree from Dalhousie Law School in Halifax.

In early 1959, the government established three universities: Waterloo Lutheran University, University of St. Jerome's College, and the University of Waterloo.

* Meet Me in St. Louis was remade in 1959 for television, starring Jane Powell, Jeanne Crain, Patty Duke, Walter Pidgeon, Ed Wynn, Tab Hunter and Myrna Loy.

HIV-infected blood samples have been found from as early as 1959 in Africa ( see HIV main entry ), and HIV has been shown to have caused the death of a sexually active 16 year old St. Louis male prostitute in 1969, who could have contracted it as early as 7 years old due to sexual abuse, raising the question of spontaneous random genesis.

In 1959, Verdun Howell became the fourth St Kilda player to win the Brownlow Medal.

The original nave and chancel of St Giles ' church have been dated to 1335 while the nave was extended west in 1959.

Delays in building work meant the first intake of pupils were taught at St Mary's Grammar School in Northwood Hills from 9 September 1959.

Working with writer / producer Danny Shapiro, Youngman recorded a " live " album for National Recording Corporation in 1959 at the Celebrity Club in St. Louis.

* St Petersburg Times article that quotes one of the first homeowners in 1959 from Progress Village.

The cornerstone reads " Immanuel Lutheran School 1959 ", but the school is now a joint effort of Immanuel, Bethlehem, St. Paul ( Blue Point ) and Zion Lutheran Churches, all of which are within the Missouri Synod division of the Lutheran Church.

East St. Louis was named an All-America City in 1959, having retained prosperity through the decade as its population reached a peak of 82, 295 residents.

The first meeting of the Board of Governors of the Cape St. Claire Club ( renamed the Cape St. Claire Improvement Association on May 12, 1959 ) was held on June 30, 1949.

First Baptist Church of Upper Marlboro ( established 1959 ), Greater St. John Baptist Church ( established in DC in 1963 ) and Cornerstone Peaceful Baptist Church, formed in 1987 as a merger of the Cornerstone Baptist and Peaceful Baptist Churches, are also located in Greater Upper Marlboro.

* Steve Spagnuolo, a recent head coach of the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League, and former defensive coach of the New York Giants, was born in Whitinsville in 1959

* Charles Gilbert " Chick " King — Outfielder, Detroit Tigers 1954-56, Chicago Cubs 1958-59 and St. Louis Cardinals 1959, first two-sport professional athlete

The following high schools were also established: Malvern Preparatory School in Pennsylvania ( 1842 ); St. Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago ( 1909 ); St. Augustine High School in San Diego, California ( 1922 ); Villanova Preparatory School in Ojai, California ( 1925 ); Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa, Oklahoma ( 1926 ); Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania ( 1953 ); St. Augustine College Preparatory School in South Jersey ( 1959 ); Austin Preparatory School in Reading, Massachusetts ( 1961 ) and in 1962, Providence Catholic High School, which serves the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois.