December 1959 Explained

The following events occurred in December 1959:

December 1, 1959 (Tuesday)

December 2, 1959 (Wednesday)

December 3, 1959 (Thursday)

December 4, 1959 (Friday)

December 5, 1959 (Saturday)

December 6, 1959 (Sunday)

December 7, 1959 (Monday)

December 8, 1959 (Tuesday)

December 9, 1959 (Wednesday)

December 10, 1959 (Thursday)

December 11, 1959 (Friday)

December 12, 1959 (Saturday)

December 13, 1959 (Sunday)

December 14, 1959 (Monday)

December 15, 1959 (Tuesday)

December 16, 1959 (Wednesday)

December 17, 1959 (Thursday)

December 18, 1959 (Friday)

December 19, 1959 (Saturday)

In Osprey, Florida, Christine Walker, her husband Cliff, and her two children were murdered. The case has never been solved.[62] [63]

December 20, 1959 (Sunday)

December 21, 1959 (Monday)

December 22, 1959 (Tuesday)

December 23, 1959 (Wednesday)

December 24, 1959 (Thursday)

December 25, 1959 (Friday)

December 26, 1959 (Saturday)

December 27, 1959 (Sunday)

December 28, 1959 (Monday)

December 29, 1959 (Tuesday)

December 30, 1959 (Wednesday)

December 31, 1959 (Thursday)

Notes and References

  1. Jeff Rubin, Antarctica (Lonely Planet, 2008), p339
  2. "Humble Pie", by Joseph Nocera, in Texas Monthly (January 1986), pp 68, 104
  3. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19591201-0
  4. Book: Mildt, Dick de . In the Name of the People: Perpetrators of Genocide in the Reflection of their Post-war Prosecution in West Germany . . 1996 . 256.
  5. The Valley of Death . https://web.archive.org/web/20080604210425/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,894330,00.html . 4 June 2008 . . December 14, 1959.
  6. Book: Hervouet, Jean-Michel . Hydrodynamics of Free Surface Flows: Modelling With the Finite Element Method . . 2007 . 281–282.
  7. Book: Gilbert, Avery N. . Avery Gilbert . What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life . . 2008 . 159–162.
  8. Book: Chronology . The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1961 . 150–151.
  9. Book: Aisin-Gioro . Puyi . Aisin-Gioro Puyi . Li . Wenda . William John Francis Jenner . W.J.F. . Jenner . From Emperor to Citizen . From Emperor to Citizen . . 1989 . First published 1965 . 466–472 . 7-119-00772-6.
  10. Sam Got Down . https://web.archive.org/web/20080605035315/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,894356,00.html . 5 June 2008 . TIME . December 14, 1959.
  11. Book: Grimwood, James M. . Project Mercury - A Chronology . PART II (A) Research and Development Phase of Project Mercury October 3, 1958 through December 1959 . NASA Special Publication-4001 . https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4001/p2a.htm . . 6 February 2023.
  12. Book: Colin . Burgess . Colin Burgess (author) . Chris . Dubbs . Animals in Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle . Springer . 2007 . 172–176.
  13. Christa Luding-Rothenburger Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417222443/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/christa-rothenburger-luding-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 July 2016.
  14. "SYRACUSE DRUBS UCLA, 36–8" The Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.), December 6, 1959, p1
  15. "Nation Votes Syracuse University Best On Gridiron", Syracuse Herald Journal, December 8, 1959, p.33
  16. Web site: FIFA.com - Classic club. 31 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090531085736/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=2147481899/index.html . 17 April 2023. 2009-05-31 .
  17. http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Coffin_Corner/16-05-576.pdf "The Pro Football Hall of Fame – The Beginning"
  18. Book: Davis, Charles W. . Subic Bay Travel & Diving Guide . . 2007 . 32–33.
  19. Book: Evangelista, Matthew . Unarmed Forces: The Transnational Movement to End the Cold War . . 2002 . 100–101.
  20. News: CBS-TV Chief Resigns in Quiz Row . Oakland Tribune . December 8, 1959 . 1.
  21. Book: Edgerton, Gary R. . The Columbia History of American Television . . 2007 . 201.
  22. http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1959/1959-54.htm Accident Database
  23. Web site: Suriname - Colonial Flags . CWR flags . 30 June 2024.
  24. Web site: broughtyferrylifeboat.org. broughtyferrylifeboat.org. 23 November 2009. 25 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725103355/http://www.broughtyferrylifeboat.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=45. dead.
  25. News: Ike Mobbed by Million In New Delhi Greeting . Oakland Tribune . December 9, 1959 . 1.
  26. Book: Ma'aroof, Mohammad Khalid . Afghanistan in World Politics: A Study of Afghan-U.S. Relations . . 1987 . 59–60.
  27. News: Gale Turns Ship Over; Toll Grows . Oakland Tribune . December 9, 1959 . 1.
  28. Lynn Pan, Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora (Kodansha International, 1994), pp216–217
  29. "Iceland", in An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945–1996 (Greenwood Press, 1998), p299; "Iceland: Pulling Out", Time, December 21, 1959
  30. Hennig Melber, "Namibia, land of the brave", in Rethinking Resistance: Revolt and Violence in African History (Brill, 2003), p318
  31. "DePaul Tops B.G. Five; Princes Win", Marysville (Ohio) Journal-Tribune, December 11, 1959, p16
  32. Charles Rosen, The Wizard of Odds: How Jack Molinas Almost Destroyed the Game of Basketball (Seven Stories Press, 2001), p274
  33. "Martial Law Ordered in Meat Strike", Oakland Tribune, December 11, 1959, p1; "Court Ends Wilson Closure", December 23, 1959, p4
  34. Lars Schoultz, That Infernal Little Cuban Republic: The United States and the Cuban Revolution (University of North Carolina Press, 2009), p192
  35. Book: Ezera, Kalu . Constitutional Developments in Nigeria . . 1964.
  36. Book: Videla Escalada, Federico N. . Aeronautical Law . . 1979 . 94.
  37. Book: Reinke, Niklas . The History of German Space Policy: Ideas, Influences, and Interdependence 1923–2002 . . 2007 . 52.
  38. Book: Gruntman, Mike . Mike Gruntman . Blazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry . . 2004 . 247–48.
  39. News: Invasion of Paraguay Repulsed . Oakland Tribune . December 12, 1959 . 1.
  40. The Post-Standard (Syracuse), December 14, 1959, p1
  41. Book: Mirbagheri, Farid . Cyprus and International Peacemaking . . 1998 . 17.
  42. Book: Sragow, Michael . Michael Sragow . Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master . . 2008 . 312.
  43. Book: Gerald F. . Webers . Gerald F. Webers . etal . Geology and Paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica . . 1992 . xi.
  44. News: Pilot Tells of Setting New Altitude Mark . Oakland Tribune . December 14, 1959 . 1.
  45. Book: Harrison, James P. . Mastering the Sky: A History of Aviation From Ancient Times to the Present . Greenhill . 2000 . 98.
  46. Book: Norman . Polmar . Norman Polmar . Kenneth J. . Moore . Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines . . 2004 . 167.
  47. News: U.S. Communists Elect A Leader . . December 14, 1959 . 1.
  48. News: U.S. Jet Sets 1,520.9-M.P.H. Speed Record . Oakland Tribune . December 16, 1959 . 1.
  49. Book: Donald, David . Convair F-106 Delta Dart: The Ultimate Interceptor . Airtime Publishing Inc . 2003 . 232.
  50. Book: Melvyn . Dubofsky . Melvyn Dubofsky . Warren . Van Tine . John L. Lewis: A Biography . . 1986 . 368.
  51. Book: Herzog, Peter J. . Japan's Pseudo-democracy . Routledge . 1993 . 236.
  52. Web site: About China Airlines. https://web.archive.org/web/20101203034205/http://www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about.htm. dead. 3 December 2010. www.china-airlines.com. 17 April 2023.
  53. Web site: Second City Theatre. Encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. 17 April 2023.
  54. News: Touhy Is Killed In Ambush . . December 17, 1959 . 1.
  55. 30 September 2007 . Death on the Steps . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930115224/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,811584,00.html . TIME . December 28, 1959.
  56. Book: Johnson, Curt . The Wicked City: Chicago from Kenna to Capone . . 1998 . 352.
  57. Gary Fishgall, Gregory Peck: A Biography (Simon & Schuster, 2002), p211
  58. Ross Davies, Bruno Sammartino (Rosen, 2001), p23
  59. Farhang Rajaee, The Iran–Iraq War (University Press of Florida, 1993), pp. 111–112
  60. Web site: Making a Killing - Psycho's Shower Scene . 12 October 2021 . Film Essential .
  61. Book: Offley, Edward . Scorpion Down: Sunk by the Soviets, Buried by the Pentagon: The Untold Story of the USS Scorpion . . 2007 . 55–56.
  62. News: Osprey Family Wiped Out . . December 21, 1959 . 1 . Google News.
  63. News: Doig . Matthew . The Walker Murders Unsolved . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . 18 December 2005 . 2012-12-11 . 2013-12-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131218231220/http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20051218/NEWS/512180667/0/section%3FCATEGORY=SPECIAL12?p=1&tc=pg . dead .
  64. News: Death Takes Last Civil War Veteran . Oakland Tribune . December 20, 1959 . 1.
  65. News: Fake War Stories Exposed . The Weekly Standard . November 13, 2005.
  66. Carlton Jackson, Hounds of the Road: A History of the Greyhound Bus Company (Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1984), p120
  67. "Shah Weds Farah In Moslem Rites", Oakland Tribune, December 21, 1959, p1
  68. Book: Pegg, Bruce . Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry . Routledge . 2002 . 117.
  69. News: Ike Pledges U.S. Troop Pullout for Morocco . Oakland Tribune . December 22, 1959 . 1.
  70. News: President, King Mohammed To Discuss Morocco Bases . . Pacific . December 22, 1959 . 4.
  71. "Dog With Heart TransplantStill Alive At Stanford", Tucson Daily Citizen, December 31, 1959, p2; "Dog With Transplanted Heart Killed", Citizen, January 1, 1960, p7
  72. George Weigel, Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II (Harper Perennial, 2005), pp151–152
  73. Tshilemalema Mukenge, Culture and Customs of the Congo (Greenwood Press, 2002), p49
  74. Michael E. Staub, Torn at the Roots: The Crisis of Jewish liberalism in Postwar America (Columbia University Press, 2002), pp62–63
  75. News: General Warns on Korea A-Cannon . Oakland Tribune . December 25, 1959 . 1.
  76. Webers, at p. xi
  77. "Rockefeller Quits Presidential Race", Oakland Tribune, December 26, 1959, p1
  78. "Colts Trounce Giants in Title Game, 31–16", The Post-Standard (Syracuse), December 28, 1959, p12
  79. "Relics of Christ's Crucifixion Valued at $90,000 Stolen", Oakland Tribune, December 29, 1959, p1
  80. "Landry Signed By Dallas Club", Bridgeport (Ct.) Telegram, December 29, 1959, p24
  81. James Osborne, Images of America: Lawndale (Arcadia Publishing, 2006) p99
  82. Web site: Feynman's Talk. www.zyvex.com. 17 April 2023.
  83. Book: Linda . Williams . Wade . Adams . Nanotechnology Demystified . . 2007 . 10.
  84. Book: York, Herbert F. . Herbert York . Arms and the Physicist . . 1995 . 93.
  85. Book: Eury, Michael . Michael Eury . The Justice League Companion . . 2005 . 12.
  86. Web site: Poundstone, Paula 1959- | Encyclopedia.com. www.encyclopedia.com. 17 April 2023.
  87. "Polaris-Firing Nuclear Sub Washington Commissioned", Oakland Tribune, December 30, 1959, p1
  88. "Humphrey in Race for Presidency", Oakland Tribune, December 30, 1959, p1
  89. Amos J. Peaslee and Dorothy Peaslee Xydis, International Governmental Organizations: Constitutional Documents (Nijhoff, 1974), p815
  90. Book: Rauwendaal, Chris . Polymer Extrusion . . 2001 . 478.
  91. Book: Derycke, Fr. Hugues . Catholic Schooling in France: Understanding the 'La Guerre Scolaire' . International Handbook of Catholic Education . Springer . 2007 . 331–332.
  92. News: Irish man Tom McGinty key to Scotland Yard's oldest missing person case . . . June 1, 2013.