What is 1959?
{{Year nav|1959}} {{Year in various calendars|1959}} '''1959''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLIX]]) was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1959th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1959}}. == Events == * [[Fidel Castro]] becomes the President of [[Cuba]]. * [[Alaska]] and [[Hawaii]] become the 49th and 50th states of the United States. * [[February 3]]- American musicians, [[Buddy Holly]], [[Ritchie Valens]], and [[The Big Bopper]] are killed in a [[Fixed-wing aircraft|plane]] crash on their way to a concert, an event that would be known as [[The Day the Music Died]]. * [[March 9]] – the first [[Barbie]] dolls are issued. * October-The [[1959 Mexico hurricane]] hits western [[Mexico]]. Storm kills over 1,800 people. == Births == * [[January 5]] – [[Clancy Brown]], American actor * [[January 22]] – [[Linda Blair]], actress * [[June 10]] – [[Santadasji Kathia Baba]], Hindu Philosopher * [[January 30]] – [[Irina Pudova]], Yakut ballerina * [[March 6]] – [[Tom Arnold]], American comedian * [[April 15]] – [[Emma Thompson]], British actor * [[April 20]] – [[Clint Howard]], American actor * [[May 3]] – [[Ben Elton]], British comedian and writer * [[June 19]] – [[Christian Wulff]], German politician * [[June 20]] – [[Chris Williams (actor)|Chris Williams]], African-American actor * [[June 29]] - [[Gary Rydstrom]], American sound designer * [[July 22]] - [[Lon Bender]], American sound editor * [[July 29]] – [[Sanjay Dutt]], Indian actor * [[October 10]] – [[Maya Lin]], American architect * [[October 31]] – [[Neal Stephenson]] – science fiction writer * [[November 14]] – [[Paul McGann]], British actor * [[December 8]] - [[Fher Olvera]], Mexican rock musician * [[December 31]] – [[Val Kilmer]], American actor * [[R. A. Salvatore]], [[science-fiction]] and [[fantasy]] writer == Deaths == * [[February]] [[3]] — [[Buddy Holly]], singer and guitarist, [[Ritchie Valens]], singer and guitarist, Jiles Perry “[[The Big Bopp