Day was ranked the biggest box office star for four years ( 1960 ; 1962 – 1964 ) and ranked in the top 10 for 10 years ( 1951 – 1952 ; 1959 – 1966 ).

* The Day of Sacrifice 1959 available as an eBook

In 1959, she played Tula Marsh in the episode " The Second Happiest Day " of the CBS anthology series Playhouse 90.

* 1960 – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U. S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania almost ten and a half months later ( see Flag Act ).

In 1959 the joint Soviet-Finnish film production Sampo ( titled The Day the Earth Froze when released in the United States ) adapted the Kalevala to the big screen.

In Japan, war films from the Japanese perspective were popular, such as Japan's Longest Day ( 1967 ), Submarine I-57 Will Not Surrender ( 1959 ) and Battle of Okinawa ( 1971 ).

* May 24 – Roger Peterson, pilot who flew the plane on The Day the Music Died ( d. 1959 )

" During the early morning hours of February 3, 1959, later known as The Day the Music Died, the charter crashed outside Clear Lake, killing all on board.

The song is a recounting of " The Day the Music Died " — the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper ( Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr .)— and the aftermath.

The Day the Music Died, dubbed by Don McLean's song " American Pie ", was an aviation accident that occurred on February 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa, where rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. " The Big Bopper " Richardson, as well as the pilot, Roger Peterson, perished.

In an uncredited role ( he reportedly did not want his name to appear ), Rayburn played a TV interviewer in the 1959 movie, It Happened to Jane starring Doris Day.

The subculture surfaced on Broadway as musical comedy in The Nervous Set ( 1959 ) by Neurotica editor Jay Landesman and Theodore J. Flicker with music by Tommy Wolf and lyrics by Fran Landesman ; this was the source of two jazz standards, " Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most " and " The Ballad of the Sad Young Men " ( recorded by Gil Evans, Anita O ' Day, Roberta Flack, Petula Clark, Rod McKuen, Shirley Bassey and others ).

He first appeared on film in 1959 in a bit part in The Day They Robbed the Bank of England.

* Good Day for a Hanging ( 1959 )

* The Longest Day ( book ), published in 1959 by Cornelius Ryan

On New Years Day 1959 No. 8 was destroyed by a gas explosion killing one person.

On February 3, 1959, a day that has become known as The Day the Music Died ( from Don McLean's song " American Pie "), Richardson was killed in a plane crash in Iowa, along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.

August 28, 1959 was designated as " Dedication and Free Deed Day " at the new site.

Since 1959, Deal Island has hosted an annual Labor Day weekend Skipjack Race.

Congers is also the home of Rockland Country Day School, which accepts students in grades PreK-12 and was founded in 1959.

* Carl Bunch was the drummer for Buddy Holly during the " Winter Dance Party " tour in 1959 in which Holly died ( the Day the Music Died ), and a later for Hank Williams, Jr. and Roy Orbison.

Louis's final marriage – to Martha Jefferson, a lawyer from Los Angeles, on St. Patrick's Day 1959 – lasted until his death.

* 1959: Uncloudy Day ( Vee-Jay )

In 1959, she had her first top ten pop hit, with a version of " What a Diff ' rence a Day Makes ", which made Number 4 on the US pop chart.

This patient was a 65-year-old white male accountant who entered the New York Hospital for his fourth and terminal admission on June 26, 1959, because of disabling weakness and general debility.

The main treaty was opened for signature on December 1, 1959, and officially entered into force on June 23, 1961.

It entered production in 1959, with 7500 being built.

Center Wilt Chamberlain entered the league with the Warriors in 1959 and became a dominant individual star of the 1960s, setting new single game records in scoring ( 100 ) and rebounding ( 55 ).

After that, he entered business, first as an assistant to the director of a foundry in Ludwigshafen and, in 1959, as a manager for the Industrial Union for Chemistry in Ludwigshafen.

In 1959, Rhodes entered a joint venture with Leo Fender to manufacture the instruments under a company named Fender & Rhodes.

* Antarctic Treaty, signed 1959, entered into force 1961

* Antarctic Treaty, signed 1959, entered into force 1961

The Academy's permanent site had not yet been completed when the first class entered, so the 306 cadets from the Class of 1959 were sworn in at a temporary site at Lowry Air Force Base, in Denver on 11 July 1955.

In the 55th Parliament, only Peter Tapsell ( serving since 1959 ) has served longer, and Gerald Kaufman, Dennis Skinner and Michael Meacher all entered Parliament on the same day.

He entered the cabinet of Leslie Frost in 1958 as minister without portfolio, and was promoted to Minister of Education in 1959.

She entered Albany State College in 1959 ( since July 1996 Albany State University ) where she studied music.

In 1959, Ames entered the University of Chicago planning to study foreign cultures and history, but his " long-time passion " for drama resulted in failing grades, and he did not finish out his sophomore year.

This resulted in the criminal prosecution of Fringe Product, their label at the time, for distribution and possession with intent to distribute of obscene material — the first such prosecution since the offense entered the criminal code in 1959.

After driving across the state of Kansas on November 14, 1959, Hickock and Smith located the Clutter home and entered while the family slept.

The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System, A. T. S., was opened for signature on Dec. 1, 1959, and officially entered into force on June 23, 1961.

In beating Newcombe in four sets in the Wimbledon final, he captured the title at the All England Club for the fourth consecutive time that he had entered the tournament ( and reached the final for the sixth consecutive time as he had been runner-up in 1959 and 1960 ).

The film was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival.

Some did not participate every year, others sent lesser teams ; in the 1959 edition held in Ecuador, Brazil entered a team from the state of Pernambuco.

After this he joined the painters Heimrad Prem, Helmut Sturm and Hans-Peter Zimmer in founding the group SPUR, which in 1959 entered the Situationist International.

After this he joined Heimrad Prem, Lothar Fischer and Hans-Peter Zimmer in founding Gruppe SPUR, which in 1959 entered the Situationist International.

Given the often complex badge-engineering that BMC undertook, it is common amongst enthusiasts to use the ADO number when referring to vehicles as a single design ( for example, saying ' The ADO15 entered production in 1959 '- this encompasses the fact that when launched, the ADO15 was marketed as both the Morris Mini Minor and the Austin Seven ).

Its construction began in 1955 and entered in service at the end of 1959, replacing the interim terminal and joining other portions of the then brand new airport.

In 1957, American Express also entered the field, and in 1959 was the first company to issue embossed plastic charge cards to ISO / IEC 7810 standards.