WHAT HAPPENED IN 1959.
Look what happened the 1959.

Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched. It failed to achieve orbit. (28. February 1959)

The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. (9. March 1959)

Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal. (10. March 1959)

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India. (17. March 1959)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21. (18. March 1959)

The Party of the African Federation is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keïta. (24. March 1959)

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

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum. (31. March 1959)

Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America. (1. April 1959)

A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL. (8. April 1959)

The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank. (8. April 1959)

Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven". (9. April 1959)

Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, marries Michiko. (10. April 1959)

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

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

Launch of the National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire in Conakry, Guinea. (18. May 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 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)

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

The first government of the State of Singapore is sworn in. (5. June 1959)