September 1Mickey Wright wins LPGA Opie Turner Golf Open
September 1St. Louis Card Vinegar Bend Mizell walks a record 9 men in a shutout
September 2Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
September 2Henry Verwoerd appointed Prime Minister of South Africa
September 2KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
September 2Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium
September 2National Defense Education Act was signed
September 51st color video recording on magnetic tape
September 5"Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in US
September 5WKPC TV channel 15 in Louisville, Kentucky (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 6Mary Ann Mobley (Miss), 21, crowned 31st Miss America 1959
September 6U.S. performs nuclear test at S Atlantic Ocean
September 772nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62)
September 778th U.S. Mens Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (62 36 46 108 86)
September 8Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
September 8Oman turns over Gwadur (on Baluchistan coast) to Pakistan
September 8Paul Anka opens Asian tour in Tokyo
September 9Pirate Roberto Clemente ties record of 3 triples in a game
September 9Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London
September 10WJCT TV channel 7 in Jacksonville, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 11Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
September 12U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 12U.S. Supreme Court orders Little Rock Arkansas high school to integrate
September 13Braves Warren Spahn is 1st lefty to win 20 or more games 9 times
September 13Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam
September 14Jackie Pung wins LPGA Jackson Golf Open
September 14WTAE TV channel 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting
September 14Yankees win 24th pennant, and 9th under Casey Stengel
September 1548 die in a train crash in Elizabethport NJ
September 15Commuter train crashes through drawbridge, killing 48 (Newark NJ)
September 17U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 19U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 20Baltimore Oriole knuckler Hoyt Wilhelm no-hits New York Yankees 1-0
September 20Ferhat Abbas forms Algerian government in exile (Cairo)
September 20U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
September 211st airplane flight exceeding 1200 hours, lands, Dallas, Texas
September 21U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 22KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, Arizona (ABC) begins broadcasting
September 22U.S. nuclear sub USS Skate remains 31 days under Pole (record)
September 23Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
September 23Stravinsky's "Thieni," premieres in Venetie
September 23U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 241st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia
September 26Columbia (U.S.) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup
September 26U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 28France adopts constitution
September 28Guinea votes for independence from France
September 28U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 28USAF selects Thor over Jupiter rocket for mass production as ICBM's
September 29"Studio One," TV Anthology Drama last airs on CBS-TV
September 29"Summertime Blues" by Eddie Cochran peaks at #8
September 29"Texan," debuts on CBS-TV
September 29U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 30French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea
September 30U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
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