March 11, 1959, was a Wednesday. It was 65 years, 8 months, and 10 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Pisces.
The best-selling single on March 11, 1959 was "Venus" by Frankie Avalon.
The top five songs from the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The movie "Sleeping Beauty" was at the top of the box office on this day.
This date occurred 23,997 days ago. Approximately 800 months have passed. It was the 70th day of 1959, in week 11. The decade was the fifties. People who were born on March 11, 1959, are now 65 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. We have gone through approximately 267 seasons of weather since this date.
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The date is March 11, 1959, and it's a Wednesday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Pisces. It is "Hump Day", so many are beginning to think about the weekend ahead.
Spring is creeping in, and the evenings are starting to get brighter. In music, the song "Venus" by Frankie Avalon is the best-selling record at the moment. Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States, and the movie Sleeping Beauty is at the top of the box office.
Harold Macmillan is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "The Ed Sullivan Show", "What's My Line?", "Gunsmoke", and "Tonight Starring Jack Paar". In fashion, women are sporting chemise dresses, sheaths, sack dresses and straight-cut suits. Short boxy jackets and shift dresses are also beginning to become popular. Meanwhile, a lot of men are sporting a "Teddy Boy" style that involves leather jackets, greased-back hair, extremely narrow trousers and velvet-collared jackets. Men are also wearing formal suits as daywear.
Tailfins on cars are extremely popular at the moment. The design looks futuristic, almost like a rocket or the twin rudders on the back of an airplane. It's 1959, so radio stations and jukeboxes are playing hit songs from artists such as Johnny Horton, Bobby Darin, Lloyd Price, Frankie Avalon, Paul Anka, The Browns, The Fleetwoods and Wilbert Harrison. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Clark Gable would be still alive.
Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Tom and Jerry", "Colonel Bleep", "The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole", and "Clutch Cargo". Children are playing with toys such as Dimestore soldiers, Colorforms, Matchbox toy cars, and Play-Doh.
These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on March 11, 1959.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around March 11, 1959.
Photographs of 1950s fashion and hairstyles.
TV audiences were watching the following shows on March 11, 1959:
1959 saw the introduction of cars such as the Ford Falcon, the Chevrolet El Camino, the BMW 700, the Mini, the Buick Electra, and the Studebaker Lark.
Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:
Children were playing with the following toys and games:
If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1959.
This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.
If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out March 11, 1965, instead.
Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on March 11.
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Born on March 11, 1953
He turned 6 on this day in 1959.
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Born on March 11, 1971
He was born exactly 12 years after this date.
Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on March 11, 1959.
Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Éamon de Valera was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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