WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1959
Find out what all happened March to December 1959

Premiere of Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color. (12. September 1959)

A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood. (30. June 1959)

The St. Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping. (25. April 1959)

Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit. (18. September 1959)

A fire in a resort hotel in Stalheim (Norway) kills 34 people. (23. June 1959)

The steel strike of 1959 begins, leading to significant importation of foreign steel for the first time in United States history. (15. July 1959)

The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the Government of Tibet. (28. March 1959)

Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent. (1. December 1959)

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in an NHL game. (1. November 1959)

The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon. (12. September 1959)

Quiz show scandals: Twenty One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance. (2. November 1959)

A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35. (20. June 1959)

The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City. (16. September 1959)

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham. (30. May 1959)

The Lisbon Metro begins operation. (29. December 1959)

The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail. (19. May 1959)

The 1st Grammy Awards are held. (4. May 1959)

Singapore was declared a self-governing state even though it was still a part of the British Empire. (3. June 1959)

The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny goes into circulation. It replaces the "sheaves of wheat" design, and was minted until 2008. (7. August 1959)

At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate". (24. July 1959)