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1959 Facts and Trivia - Rod Serling, narrating //The Twilight Zone// "Well, nobody's perfect." - Joe E. Brown, in 'Some Like It Hot' || Airplane Celebrity Death : (February 3rd) Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, Big Bopper. This was the day the Music Died.
 * **World Series Champions:** || Los Angeles Dodgers ||
 * **NFL Champions:** || Baltimore Colts ||
 * **NBA Champions:** || Boston Celtics ||
 * **Stanley Cup Champs:** || Montreal Canadiens ||
 * **U.S. Open Golf** || Billy [|Casper] ||
 * **U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies)** || Neale Fraser/Maria Bueno ||
 * **Wimbledon (Men/Women):** || Alex Olmedo/Maria Bueno ||
 * **NCAA Football Champions:** || Syracuse ||
 * **NCAA Basketball Champions:** || California ||
 * **Kentucky Derby:** || [|Tommy Lee] ||
 * **Sports Hero:** ||  ||
 * **The Hotties and [|Fashion Icons] :** || Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, [|Brigitte Bardot], Sophia Loren, Doris Day, [|Annette Funicello] , Kim Novak, Lana Turner ||
 * **The Heartthrob(s):** ||  ||
 * **"The Quote"** || "There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. 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. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area which we call 'The Twilight Zone.'"
 * **Time Magazine's Man of the Year** || Dwight D. Eisenhower ||
 * **Miss America:** || Mary Ann Mobley (Brandon, MS) ||
 * **Miss USA:** || Terry Huntingdon (California) ||
 * **The Scandals:**

Mysterious TV Star Violent Death : George Reeves (gunshot wound - murder or suicide?)

Many people thought that Rock Hudson & Doris Day were an item off camera... Not true! You know what they say about all the good ones? Well, he wasn't 'taken...' In testimony before congress, gameshow contestant Charles Van Doren admitted he had been coached before appearing on NBC's '21' game [|show] in 1956. || 25 South African students climbed into a telephone booth, setting a world's record for the 'event' that they had just created. 'Ben Hur' won 11 Oscars. The Rat Pack first appeared, including Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. Russia's 'Luna-2' landed on the moon, the first successful landing by an unmanned craft. The Conair hair dryer changed the way hair was styled in the American household. January 3rd - [|Alaska] became state # 49. August 21 [|Hawaii] became the 50th state. || Chipmunk Song - David Seville & The Chipmunks January 19 - February 8: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters February 9 - March 8: Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price March 9 - April 12: Venus - Frankie Avalon April 13 - May 10: Come Softly To Me - The Fleetwoods May 11 - May 17: The Happy Organ DaveBaby - Cortez May 18 - May 31: Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison June 1 - June 12: The Battle Of New Orleans - Johnny Horton July 13 - August 9: Lonely Boy - Paul Anka August 10 - August 23: A Big Hunk O' Love - Elvis Presley August 24 - September 20: The Three Bells - The Browns September 21 - October 4: Sleep Walk - Santo & Johnny October 5 - November 15: Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin November 16 - December 13: Mr. Blue - The Fleetwoods December 14 - December 27: Heartaches - The Number Guy Mitchell December 28, 1958 - January 3, 1960: Why - Frankie Avalon ||
 * **Nerd News:** || Integrated Circuit (microchip) forerunner of the microprocessor, was invented by Jack Kilby and future Intel founder Robert Noyce.
 * **The Habit:** || Everybody watched the biblical epic 'Ben Hur' at their local theaters. ||
 * **1st appearances & 1959's Most Popular Christmas gifts, toys and presents:** || Barbie, Risk ||
 * **Best Film Oscar Winner:** || Ben-Hur ||
 * **1959 Billboard**
 * Number One Songs** || December 27, 1958 - January 18, 1959: