September 23, 1959, was a Wednesday. It was 65 years, 2 months, and 2 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Libra.
The best-selling single on September 23, 1959 was "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny.
The top five songs from the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The top movie on this day was "North by Northwest".
This date occurred 23,805 days ago. Approximately 794 months have passed. It was the 266th day of 1959, in week 39. The decade was the fifties. People who were born on September 23, 1959, are now 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.
The date is September 23, 1959, and it's a Wednesday. Babies who are born today will have the star sign Libra. It is "Hump Day", so many are beginning to think about the weekend ahead.
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 "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny 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", "Tonight Starring Jack Paar", "Perry Mason", 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. Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Crusader Rabbit", "Colonel Bleep", "The Huckleberry Hound Show", and "Snooper and Blabber". Children are playing with toys such as Tonka trucks, Wooly Willy, the Frisbee, and Metal House robots.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around September 23, 1959.
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In September 1959, TV audiences were watching the following 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.
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Dwight David Eisenhower was the President of the United States on September 23, 1959.
Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Seán Lemass was the Taoiseach of Ireland.
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