May 21, 1959, was a Thursday. It was 65 years, 6 months, and 1 day ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Gemini.
The best-selling single on May 21, 1959 was "Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison.
The top five songs from the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The top movie on this day was "Some Like It Hot".
This date occurred 23,927 days ago. Approximately 798 months have passed. It was the 141st day of 1959, in week 21. The decade was the fifties. People who were born on May 21, 1959, are now 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.
The date is May 21, 1959, and it's a Thursday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Gemini. The summer of 1959 has finally arrived. The weather has warmed up, and the evenings are brighter than usual. The school year is nearly finished.
In music, the song "Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison is the best-selling record at the moment. Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States, and the movie Some Like It Hot 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 "Fury", "Have Gun - Will Travel", "Wagon Train", and "Casey Jones". 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 "Looney Tunes", "Father Knows Best", "Heckle and Jeckle", and "Felix the Cat".
Children are playing with toys such as Dimestore soldiers, Foto-Electric Baseball, Colorforms, and Fisher Price Little People.
These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on May 21, 1959.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around May 21, 1959.
Photographs of 1950s fashion and hairstyles.
People in May 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.
Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:
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 May 21, 1959.
Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Éamon de Valera was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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