
The Guggenheim Museum opened in Manhattan, New York City on October 15, 1959. Lawrence was officially published in the United States. In testimony before congress, gameshow contestant Charles Van Doren admitted he had been coached before appearing on NBC’s 21 game show in 1956.ġ928’s scandalous Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Mysterious TV Star Violent Death: George Reeves (gunshot wound – murder or suicide?) – Rod Serling, narrating The Twilight ZoneĪfter filming Some Like it Hot in 1959 Billy Wilder said about filming another movie with Marilyn Monroe, “I have discussed this with my doctor and my psychiatrist and they tell me I’m too old and too rich to go through this again.”Īirplane Celebrity Death: (February 3rd) Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper. It is an area which we call ‘The Twilight Zone.’” It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. “There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. Warren Beatty, Harry Belafonte, Elvis Presley Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen, Donna, Michael, David, James, John, RobertĬarroll Baker, Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Doris Day, Angie Dickinson, Anita Ekberg, Annette Funicello, Ava Gardner, Audrey Hepburn, Anna Karina, Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe, Julie Newmar, Kim Novak, Leslie Parrish, Stella Stevens, Elizabeth Taylor, Mamie Van Doren (The Big Bopper) Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, along with the pilot, Roger Peterson. The Day The Music Died: On February 3, 1959, rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P.The Funny Duo were: Mike Nichols and Elaine May.Rodgers & Barer’s musical Once Upon a Mattress premiered in NYC.


Price of Kellogg’s Variety Cereal 10 pack in 1959: 49 cents.The first house with a built-in bomb shelter was shown, in Pleasant Hills, Pennsylvania.Michener and Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. Notable books include: Hawaii by James A.The Most Famous Person in America was probably Elvis Presley.The Movies to Watch include On The Beach, Porgy and Bess, Rio Bravo, North by Northwest, The Beat Generation, Compulsion, Gidget, Li’l Abner, Plan 9 From Outer Space and Ben-Hur.Influential Songs include: Sea of Love by Phil Phillips, Teen Beat by Sandy Nelson, Peter Gunn by Ray Anthony and La Bamba by Ritchie Valens.The Top Song was Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin.

World Changing Event: Antarctic Treaty: 12 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union, signed a treaty that set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
