What Happened In July 1959 In History

Historical Events for July, 1959

• 1st » The Party of the African Federation holds its constitutive conference.
• 1st » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the U.S.A., the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth of Nations e.g Commonwealth countries.
• 7th » Venus Occultation named occults the star Regulus. This rare event is used to determine the diameter of Venus and the structure of the Venusian atmosphere.
• 15th » The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history.
• 21st » Pumpsie Green or Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first list of African-American firsts e.g African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1
• 24th » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, Vice President of the United States named U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
• 25th » SR.N1 hovercraft crosses the English Channel from Calais known as Calais, France to Dover, England in just over two hours.
• 29th » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the United States known as Union.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1959

• 1st » Dale Midkiff, American actor
• 3rd » Julie Burchill, English journalist and author
• 3rd » Ian Maxtone-Graham, American screenwriter and producer
• 3rd » Stephen Pearcy, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Ratt, Arcade (band) known as Arcade, Vertex (band) or Vertex, and Vicious Delite)
• 3rd » David Shore, Canadian screenwriter and producer
• 3rd » Graham Roberts, English footballer and manager
• 4th » Victoria Abril, Spanish actress and singer
• 5th » Marc Cohn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 6th » Richard Dacoury, French basketball player
• 6th » Mike Hallett, English snooker player and sportscaster
• 7th » Billy Campbell, American actor
• 7th » Jessica Hahn, American model and actress
• 7th » Kerstin Knabe, German hurdler
• 7th » Ben Linder, American engineer (d. 1987)
• 8th » Robert Knepper, American actor
• 8th » Billy Kimball, American screenwriter and producer
• 8th » Pauline Quirke, English actress
• 9th » Jim Kerr, Scottish singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Simple Minds)
• 9th » Kevin Nash, American wrestler and actor
• 9th » Clive Stafford Smith, English lawyer and author
• 10th » Ellen Kuras, American director and cinematographer
• 10th » Sandy West, American singer-songwriter and drummer (The Runaways) (d. 2006)
• 11th » Dave Bennett (footballer born 1959) called Dave Bennett, English footballer
• 11th » Richie Sambora, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Bon Jovi)
• 11th » Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 12th » David Brown (meteorologist) or David Brown, Australian meteorologist
• 12th » Charlie Murphy, American actor and screenwriter
• 12th » Karl J. Friston, English psychiatrist and neuroscientist
• 13th » Richard Leman, English field hockey player
• 15th » Vincent Lindon, French actor
• 16th » Gary Anderson (placekicker) or Gary Anderson, American football player
• 16th » James MacMillan, Scottish composer and conductor
• 16th » Doug Herzog, American businessman
• 16th » Zoran Jolevski, Macedonian diplomat, Macedonian Ambassador to the United States
• 16th » Jürgen Ligi, Estonian economist and politician, 25th Minister of Defence (Estonia) named Estonian Minister of Defence
• 17th » Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin, Bangladeshi-English politician
• 18th » Jonathan Dove, English composer
• 19th » Juan J. Campanella, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 20th » Radney Foster, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Foster & Lloyd)
• 21st » Paul Vautin, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
• 22nd » Grant Forsberg, American actor (d. 2007)
• 23rd » Nancy Savoca, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 25th » Anatoly Onoprienko, Ukrainian murderer (d. 2013)
• 25th » Geoffrey Zakarian, American chef and author
• 26th » Rick Bragg, American author and journalist
• 26th » Tom McGowan, American actor
• 26th » Michael Bruce Ross, American serial killer (d. 2005)
• 26th » Kevin Spacey, American actor, singer, and producer
• 27th » Joe DeSa, American baseball player (d. 1986)
• 27th » Hugh Green (American football) or Hugh Green, American football player
• 27th » Yiannos Papantoniou, Greek politician, Ministry of Finance (Greece) e.g Greek Minister of Finance
• 28th » Lorraine Fullbrook, Scottish politician
• 28th » William T. Vollmann, American journalist and author
• 29th » Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer
• 29th » Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator
• 29th » Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager
• 29th » John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Blue Murder (band) or Blue Murder)
• 31st » Stanley Jordan, American guitarist and songwriter
• 31st » Andrew Marr, Scottish journalist

Famous Deaths for July 1959

• 6th » George Grosz, German painter and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 9th » Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (b. 1883)
• 11th » Charlie Parker (cricketer) e.g Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 15th » Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer (b. 1880)
• 15th » Vance and Nettie Palmer e.g Vance Palmer, Australian author and critic (b. 1885)
• 17th » Billie Holiday, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)
• 17th » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)
• 20th » William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)
• 25th » Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-Irish rabbi (b. 1888)

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