April 22, 1959, was a Wednesday. It was 65 years, 6 months, and 13 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Taurus.
The best-selling single on April 22, 1959 was "Come Softly to Me" by The Fleetwoods.
The top five songs from the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The top movie on this day was "Imitation of Life".
This date was 23,939 days ago. Approximately 798 months have passed. It was the 112th day of 1959, in week 17. The decade was the fifties. People born on this day are currently 65 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 266 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.
Let's take a walk down memory lane.
It is Wednesday, April 22, 1959. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Taurus. It is "Hump Day", so many are beginning to think about the weekend ahead.
The summer of 1959 is drawing closer, and temperatures have started to rise. In music, the song "Come Softly to Me" by The Fleetwoods is the best-selling record at the moment. Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States, and the movie Imitation of Life is at the top of the box office.
Harold Macmillan is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 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. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "What's My Line?", "The Danny Thomas Show", "Gunsmoke", and "Have Gun - Will Travel".
Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Father Knows Best", "Captain Kangaroo", "The Rifleman", and "Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks". Popular toys at the moment include Spinning Tops, Matchbox toy cars, the Hula Hoop, and Fisher Price Little People.
These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on April 22, 1959.
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Notable events that happened close to April 22, 1959.
Photographs of 1950s fashion and hairstyles.
People in April 1959 were watching the following TV series:
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.
Cartoons and TV shows that children and teenagers were watching on this day in 1959:
If you were a child on this date, then you may have had some of the following toys:
If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1959.
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Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on April 22, 1959.
Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Éamon de Valera was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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