December 21, 1959, was a Monday. It was 64 years, 10 months, and 25 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.
The best-selling single on December 21, 1959 was "Heartaches" by the Number.
The top five songs from the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The top movie on this day was "Pillow Talk".
This date occurred 23,706 days ago. Approximately 790 months have passed. It was the 355th day of 1959, in week 52. The decade was the fifties. The start of 1960 was just 10 days away. People who were born on December 21, 1959, are now 64 years old and belong to the Baby Boomer generation. 263 seasons of weather have come and gone since then.
Let's take a walk down memory lane.
The date is December 21, 1959, and it's a Monday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Sagittarius. The weekend has just passed, so some people are feeling a bit down. Others are tired after partying too much.
Christmas Day of 1959 is fast approaching and the excitement is building. Department stores are packed with Christmas shoppers, and people are meeting up with friends that they haven't seen in a while. In music, the song "Heartaches" by the Number is the best-selling record at the moment. Dwight David Eisenhower is the President of the United States, and the movie Pillow Talk 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", "The Danny Thomas Show", "The Twilight Zone", and "The Untouchables". 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 "Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown", "Noggin the Nog", "Snooper and Blabber", and "Dennis the Menace". Children are playing with toys such as Tonka trucks, Wooly Willy, Metal House robots, and Crater Critters.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around December 21, 1959.
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People in December 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.
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 December 21, 1965, instead.
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Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on December 21, 1959.
Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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