June 17, 1959, was a Wednesday. It was 65 years, 4 months, and 18 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Gemini.
The best-selling single on June 17, 1959 was "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton.
The top five songs from the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The movie "Ask Any Girl" was at the top of the box office on this day.
This date occurred 23,883 days ago. Approximately 796 months have passed. It was the 168th day of 1959, in week 25. The decade was the fifties. People who were born on June 17, 1959, are now 65 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. We have gone through approximately 265 seasons of weather since this date.
Let's take a walk down memory lane.
The date is June 17, 1959, and it's a Wednesday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Gemini. It is "Hump Day", so many are beginning to think about the weekend ahead.
The summer of 1959 is in full swing. The weather is warm, and the evenings are brighter than usual. Most schools and colleges are now finished until August or September. In music, the song "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton is the best-selling record at the moment. Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States, and the movie Ask Any Girl 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 "Have Gun - Will Travel", "Casey Jones", "77 Sunset Strip", and "Rawhide". 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.
Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Mighty Mouse Playhouse", "Tom Terrific", "Colonel Bleep", and "The Ruff and Reddy Show". Children are playing with toys such as Tonka trucks, Foto-Electric Baseball, the Hula Hoop, and Fisher Price Little People.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around June 17, 1959.
People in June 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:
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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 June 17, 1965, instead.
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Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on June 17, 1959.
Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Éamon de Valera was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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