The Barbie doll makes is first shown at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
Tag Archives: 1959
22 February 1959
Lee Petty wins the very first Daytona 500.
30 May 1959
– The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
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10 March 1959
300 000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama’s palace to prevent his abduction by China.
20 January 1959
The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard plane.
12 January 1959
The Caves of Nerja are rediscovered in Spain.
16 September 1959
The first commercial photocopier, the Xerox 914, is demonstrated.
14 June 1959
The Disneyland Monorail System (the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere) opens to the public.
9 March 1959
The Barbie doll first makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York.
3 February 1959
Rock and roll musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, are killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa.