In 1959, the Yacht Safety Bureau was reorganized by the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers and a group of insurance underwriters to provide a testing laboratory and labeling service for boats and their equipment.

* 1959 – At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party.

* 1959 – Alex Paterson, English musician, co-founder of ambient group The Orb

Early Dutch television series were Morgen gebeurt het ( tomorrow it will happen ), broadcast from 1957 to 1959, about a group of Dutch space explorers and their adventures, De duivelsgrot ( the devil's cave ), broadcast from 1963 to 1964, about a scientist who finds the map of a cave that leads to the center of the earth and Treinreis naar de Toekomst ( train journey to the future ) about two young children who are taken to the future by robots who try to recreate humanity, but are unable to give the cloned humans a soul.

Founded in 1959, it evolved from a group advocating traditional cultural ways to a paramilitary group with the goal of Basque independence.

He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ), President of the Palestinian National Authority ( PNA ), and leader of the Fatah political party and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959.

Guaraldi left the group early in 1959 to pursue his own projects full-time.

With the composition of Adiós Nonino in 1959, Piazzolla established a standard structural pattern for his compositions, involving a formal pattern of fast-slow-fast-slow-coda, with the fast sections emphasizing gritty tango rhythms and harsh, angular melodic figures, and the slower sections usually making use of the string instrument in the group and / or Piazzolla's own bandoneón as lyrical soloists.

The deal became effective in January 1959, when both companies joined the Airwork group.

Though the group is predominantly based in the United Kingdom, the sovereign and those amongst her relations who do not meet the requirements of Canadian citizenship law are still considered Canadian ; as early as 1959, it was recognized that the Queen was " equally at home in all her realms.

Gruppe SPUR, a German artistic collective, collaborated with the Situationist International on projects beginning in 1959, continuing until the group officially joined the SI in 1961.

In April 1959, despite the fact that Glenn had not earned the required college degree, he was assigned to NASA as one of the original group of seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury.

This term owes its origins to Fuliiru village, which in 1924, received the first group of Tutsi migrants before their dispersion in the highlands of South Kivu, where they were later joined, from 1959 to 1962 by successive waves of Tutsi refugees fleeing persecution.

In 1959 a new group of investors, Ramon D. Bosquez and Arturo Gonzalez formed a Texas corporation called Inter-American Radio Advertising, Inc. which was located on Pecan Street in Del Rio, Texas.

The use of the term in reference to surfing can be traced back to the 1959 film Gidget, in which " The Big Kahuna ", played by Cliff Robertson, ( Martin Milner in the TV episode ), was the leader of a group of surfers.

In response, at the 1959 Annual Conference in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, a group of conservative and evangelical Brethren joined to form the Brethren Revival Fellowship ( BRF ).

A production of " An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein " was produced by a Hofstra University theater group called, " The Spectrum Players " which was founded by Francis Ford Coppola in 1959.

After a brief time in a folk group called the Casual Quintet, the Smothers made their first professional appearance as a duo in February 1959 at The Purple Onion in San Francisco.

* Richie Sambora ( born 1959 ), member of rock group Bon Jovi.

The first, Back to the ' 50s — which aired on CITV, instead of CBBC — told the story of how the group found themselves back in 1959.

Around 1959, Holt and fellow Ordette member Sundray Tucker met and befriended a rival girl group from Trenton, New Jersey, not too far from Philadelphia, named the Del-Capris, which featured friends Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash.

In late 1959, Evans left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, a group now regarded as a seminal modern jazz trio.

In turn, in August 1959, Johnny Abbes attempted to support an anti-Castro group led by Escambray near Trinidad, Cuba.

In accordance with the two-year contract signed in May, 1959, with the International Association of Machinists, AFL-CIO, wages of hourly employees were increased by 4% in May, 1960, and pay levels for non-exempt salaried employees were increased proportionately.

The Eagles signed him for Shaw's staff in 1959.

In January 1959, Senegal and the French Sudan merged to form the Mali Federation, which became fully independent on 20 June 1960, as a result of the independence and the transfer of power agreement signed with France on 4 April 1960.

* NORAD signed in 1959 by Canada and the United States creating a unified North American aerial defense system.

* Antarctic Treaty, signed 1959, entered into force 1961

* Antarctic Treaty, signed 1959, entered into force 1961

In 1959, the team signed draft pick Wilt Chamberlain.

In January 1959, Brel signed a new recording contract with Philips Records.

In 1959 Prima signed with Dot Records and they produced 8 albums.

Saga Tours started selling Mediterranean charter trips in 1959 and Braathens SAFE was signed on to operate the charter flights.

Matthews was then used just fifteen times in 1959 – 60, as Suart signed Arthur Kaye to take his place, and local lad Steve Hill also vied for the outside-right position.

They signed a new recording contract with Capitol Records ( for whom Patty had become a featured soloist ) and released a dozen singles through 1959, some rock-and-roll flavored and not very well received, and three hi-fi albums, including a vibrant LP of songs from the dancing 1920s with Billy May's orchestra.

When Vaughan's contract with Mercury Records ended in late 1959, she immediately signed on with Roulette Records, a small label owned by Morris Levy, who was one of the backers of New York's Birdland, where she frequently appeared.

The Alaska Statehood Act became law with Eisenhower's signature on July 7, 1958, and Alaska formally was admitted to statehood on January 3, 1959, when Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Proclamation.

Not until the Soltau-Lüneburg Treaty, that was signed in 1959 between the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom and Canada, were the boundaries of the tank training area fixed.

Oh, who was born in Sumida, Tokyo the son of a Chinese father and a Japanese mother, had originally signed with the powerhouse Yomiuri Giants in 1959 as a pitcher, but was soon converted to first base.

In 1959, he signed his first professional contract as a pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants.

Santo was signed as a free agent by the Chicago Cubs in 1959, and made his debut on June 26, 1960.

The song went on to be a hit for The Kingsmen becoming one of the most recorded songs of all time, however Berry received little financial benefit for writing it until the 1980s, having signed away his rights to the song in 1959.

On 12 August 1959, BEA signed a firm, £ 28 million contract for 24 de Havilland DH121 Trident Mark 1 ( C ) " second-generation " jets plus 12 options, making it the launch customer for the world's first commercial T-tailed rear-engined trijet due to enter enter service in spring 1964.

The Educational Freedom Law, signed in early 1959, also freed private universities from limits imposed by the 1885 Avellaneda Law, which forbad them from issuing official degrees directly, but only through a public university.

Fleer signed star Ted Williams to an exclusive contract in 1959 and sold a set of cards oriented around him.

In 1959, the World Wildlife Fund ( WWF ) became interested in the islands and signed a contract / promise with the owner, Luís Rocha Machado.

Though she was hailed as " the first lady of Motown ", Wells was technically Motown's third female signed act: Claudette Rogers of Motown's first star group The Miracles, has been referred to by Berry Gordy as " the first lady of Motown Records " due to her being signed as a member of the group, and in late 1959 Detroit blues-gospel singer Mable John signed to the then-fledging label a year prior to Wells ' arrival.