1959 Newspapers

Read about the most shocking 1959 headlines with an authentic newspaper from the largest collection of original newspapers in the world. Our range of newspaper articles feature fascinating reports and investigations into the events that shocked the nation. Featuring original copies from some of the nation’s most trusted news sources, such as The Guardian and The Daily Mail, you can get a better understanding of what it was like to be present in a time so vastly different to the modern day. As the 1950s drew to a close, find out which events were going to shape the path of society into the swinging 60s.

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1959 Original Newspapers

1959 Newspaper Headlines

Newspaper articles from 1959 tell tales of adversity, innovation, and discovery. Memorable 1959 events include the tragic death of Buddy Holly in a plane crash, the first ever photographs of the far side of the moon sent from ‘Luna 3’, and 12 countries signing the Antarctic Treaty, which marked Antarctica as a scientific reserve and banned military activity. It was a great year in cinematic history too! Walt Disney released ‘Sleeping Beauty’, and MGM’s Ben Hur is a huge hit. An authentic 1959 newspaper is a fantastic way to gain deeper insight into this year in history, and to understand the mentality of those living at the time.

1st January 1959
Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin.

3rd January 1959
Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.

29th January 1959
Walt Disney releases Sleeping Beauty.

3rd February 1959
Buddy Holly, American rock singer (b. 1936) is killed in a plane crash.

16th February 1959
Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba.

9th March 1959
The Barbie doll, created by U.S. business woman Ruth Handler, debuts at the American International Toy Fair.

25th July 1959
The ‘SR-N1’ hovercraft crosses the English Channel in just over two hours. The flight occurs on the 50th anniversary of Louis Bleriot’s first crossing of the Channel by the heavier-than-air craft.

21st August 1959
Hawaii is admitted as the 50th U.S. state.

14th September 1959
‘Luna 2’ becomes the first man-made object to crash on the Moon.

7th October 1959
Luna 3’ , the U.S.S.R. probe, sends back the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.

18th November 1959
MGM’s widescreen, multi-million dollar version of Ben-Hur is released, becoming the studio’s greatest hit up to that time. It is highly acclaimed by critics and eventually wins eleven Academy Awards – a record held until 1998, when 1997’s Titanic became the first film to equal this tally.

1st December 1959
Twelve countries – including the United States and the Soviet Union – sign the landmark Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on that continent. This is the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War.

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