August 22, 1959, was a Saturday. It was 65 years, 2 months, and 14 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Leo.
The best-selling single on August 22, 1959 was "A Big Hunk o' Love" by Elvis Presley.
The top five songs from the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The top movie on this day was "North by Northwest".
This date was 23,817 days ago. Approximately 794 months have passed. It was the 234th day of 1959, in week 34. The decade was the fifties. People born on this day are currently 65 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 265 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.
Let's take a walk down memory lane.
It is Saturday, August 22, 1959. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Leo. The work week is over and Saturday has finally come, so people are spending time with their kids, going to bars, attending dances, shopping, and watching sports.
The summer of 1959 is coming to an end and fall is just around the corner. In music, the song "A Big Hunk o' Love" by Elvis Presley is the best-selling record at the moment. Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States, and the movie North by Northwest 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 Jack Benny Program", "The Danny Thomas Show", and "Fury".
Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Colonel Bleep", "The Rifleman", "Felix the Cat", and "Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks". Popular toys at the moment include Dimestore soldiers, Play-Doh, the Frisbee, and the Hula Hoop.
These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on August 22, 1959.
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Notable events that happened close to August 22, 1959.
Photographs of 1950s fashion and hairstyles.
People in August 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.
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 August 22, 1965, instead.
Celebrities, historical figures, and other notable people who were born on August 22.
National holidays and famous events that fall on August 22:
Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on August 22, 1959.
Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Seán Lemass was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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