September 19, 1959

Facts

This date occurred 23,589 days ago. Approximately 786 months have passed. It was the 262nd day of 1959, in week 38. The decade was the fifties. People who were born on September 19, 1959, are now 64 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. We have gone through approximately 262 seasons of weather since this date.

Take me back to September 19, 1959

Let's take a walk down memory lane.

The date is September 19, 1959, and it's a Saturday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Virgo. 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.

Schools and colleges are starting again, and fall has officially arrived. As a result, temperatures are beginning to cool, and trees are starting to shed their leaves. The earthy smells of autumn have started to fill the air. In music, the song "The Three Bells" by The Browns 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. On television, people are watching popular shows such as "The Ed Sullivan Show", "Gunsmoke", "Tonight Starring Jack Paar", and "Maverick".

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", "Leave It to Beaver", "The Huckleberry Hound Show", and "The Rifleman". Children are playing with toys such as Foto-Electric Baseball, BAS-KET Miniature Basketball, Metal House robots, and Fisher Price Little People.