title: 1959 in Southern Rhodesia
text: # 1959 in Southern Rhodesia
  
  The following lists events that happened during 1959 in the Colony of Southern Rhodesia.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Prime Minister: Humphrey Gibbs (starting 28 December)
  
  ## Events
  
  * Kariba Dam's 128 m high and 579 m long concrete wall is finished.
  
  ## Births
  
  * Berenice Josephine Bickle, artist, is born Bulawayo
  * 4 June - Russell Tiffin, international cricket umpire, is born in Salisbury
  * 7 August - Ali Shah, all-rounder cricketer, is born in Salisbury
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