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Events from the year 1959 in Michigan.


Top stories

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'' ranked the top Michigan news stories of 1959 as follows: * Lansing tax debate (AP-1, 435 points; DFP-1) * The murder of State Trooper Albert W. Souden near Brighton and the arrest of his accused killer (AP-2, 318 points) * The September 22 drowning of 12 members of a family when their small boat was swamped (AP-3, 252 points) * The Michigan Supreme Court's October 21 ruling that the state's four cent sales tax was unconstitutional (AP-4) * Automobile industry's introduction of new, compact cars (AP-5, 214 points; DFP-2) * A University of Michigan student who hid in a church belfry for months (AP-6, 165 points) * The negative impact of the 116-day steel strike of 1959 on the automobile industry (AP-7, 149 points) * The Detroit Tigers' firing manager Bill Norman and hiring of
Jimmy Dykes James Joseph Dykes (November 10, 1896 – June 15, 1976) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a third and second baseman from through , most notably as a member of the Philadelph ...
(AP-8, 109 points) * The accidental death in November of former General Motors vice president Harry W. Anderson, shot by former General Motors CEO
Harlow Curtice Harlow Herbert Curtice (August 15, 1893 – November 3, 1962) was an American automotive industry executive who led General Motors (GM) from 1953 to 1958. As GM's chief, he was selected as Man of the Year for 1955 by ''Time'' magazine. Curtice ...
while duck hunting on St. Anne Island in the
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(AP-9, 107 points; DFP-5) * The Michigan 59ers, a group of Michigander who left the state in March in order to homestead and form a farm community in Alaska called New Michigan (AP-10, 87 points; DFP-3) *
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opened, and from June 27 to July 9 Queen Elizabeth II and
Prince Philip Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021) was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II. As such, he served as the consort of the British monarch from E ...
passed through the seaway aboard on the royal yacht
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with stops in Windsor and Sarnia on July 2 and 3 (DFP-4)


Office holders


State office holders

* Governor of Michigan: G. Mennen Williams (
Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...
) * Lieutenant Governor of Michigan:
John Swainson John Burley Swainson (July 31, 1925 – May 13, 1994) was a Canadian-American politician and jurist who served as the 42nd governor of Michigan from 1961 to 1963. Early life and education Swainson was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He mo ...
(Democrat) *
Michigan Attorney General The Attorney General of the State of Michigan is the fourth-ranking official in the U.S. state of Michigan. The officeholder is elected statewide in the November general election alongside the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, m ...
: Paul Adams *
Michigan Secretary of State The Michigan Department of State is administered by the Secretary of State, who is elected on a partisan ballot for a term of four years in gubernatorial elections. The Secretary of State is the third-highest official in the State of Michigan. A ...
: James M. Hare (Democrat) * Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives: Don R. Pears (
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
) * Majority Leader of the Michigan Senate: Frank D. Beadle (Republican) * Chief Justice,
Michigan Supreme Court The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is Michigan's court of last resort and consists of seven justices. The Court is located in the Michigan Hall of Justice at 925 Ottawa Street in Lansing, the sta ...
:


Mayors of major cities

*
Mayor of Detroit This is a list of mayors of Detroit, Michigan. See History of Detroit, Michigan, for more information about the history of the incorporation of the city. The current mayor is Mike Duggan, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2014. History ...
: Louis Miriani *
Mayor of Grand Rapids This is a list of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The current mayor is Rosalynn Bliss, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2016. References {{Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids is a city and county seat ...
: Stanley J. Davis *
Mayor of Flint The mayor position of Flint, Michigan is a strong mayor-type. In Flint's previous 1929 charter, the mayor was one of the City Commissioners, as the council in a council-manager type government. 1855–1888 The mayor was one of many citywide ele ...
: Robert J. Egan * Mayor of Saginaw: R. James Harvey/R. Dewey Stearns * Mayor of Dearborn: Orville L. Hubbard * Mayor of Lansing: Ralph Crego * Mayor of Ann Arbor: Samuel J. Eldersveld/ Cecil Creal


Federal office holders

* U.S. Senator from Michigan: Patrick V. McNamara (Democrat) * U.S. Senator from Michigan:
Philip Hart Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912December 26, 1976) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. in 1976. He was known as ...
(Democrat) * House District 1: Thaddeus M. Machrowicz (Democrat) * House District 2: George Meader (Republican) * House District 3: August E. Johansen (Republican) * House District 4:
Clare Hoffman Clare Eugene Hoffman (September 10, 1875 – November 3, 1967) was a United States representative from Michigan's 4th congressional district. Background Hoffman was born in Vicksburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, where he attended the public s ...
(Republican) * House District 5: Gerald Ford (Republican) * House District 6: Charles E. Chamberlain (Republican) * House District 7: James G. O'Hara (Democrat) * House District 8: Alvin Morell Bentley (Republican) * House District 9:
Robert P. Griffin Robert Paul Griffin (November 6, 1923 – April 16, 2015) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the M ...
(Republican) * House District 10: Elford Albin Cederberg (Republican) * House District 11: Victor A. Knox (Republican) * House District 12: John B. Bennett (Republican) * House District 13: Charles Diggs (Democrat) * House District 14: Louis C. Rabaut (Democrat) * House District 15: John Dingell Jr. (Democrat) * House District 16: John Lesinski Jr. (Democrat) * House District 17:
Martha Griffiths Martha Wright Griffiths (January 29, 1912 – April 22, 2003) was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954. Griffiths was the first woman to serve on the House Committee on Ways and M ...
(Democrat) * House District 18:
William Broomfield William S. Broomfield, (April 28, 1922 – February 20, 2019) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Broomfield, the son of Scevillian C. and Fern Broomfield was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. His father was a d ...
(Republican)


Population


Sports


Baseball

* 1959 Detroit Tigers season – Under managers Bill Norman and
Jimmy Dykes James Joseph Dykes (November 10, 1896 – June 15, 1976) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a third and second baseman from through , most notably as a member of the Philadelph ...
, the Tigers compiled a 75–79 record and finished in fourth place in the
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. The team's statistical leaders included
Harvey Kuenn Harvey Edward Kuenn (; December 4, 1930 – February 28, 1988) was an American professional baseball player, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a shortstop and outfielder, he played with the Detroit Tigers (1952–1959), Clev ...
with a .353
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,
Charlie Maxwell Charles Richard Maxwell (born April 8, 1927) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox (1950–52, 1954), Baltimore Orioles (1955), Detroit Tigers (1955–62) ...
with 31 home runs and 95 RBIs, and
Don Mossi Donald Louis Mossi (January 11, 1929 – July 19, 2019) was an American major league pitcher from 1954 to 1965. He was a left-handed control pitcher whose strikeout-to-walk ratio was regularly among the league leaders (he led the league in 1961 ...
with a 3.36
earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number ...
. * 1959 Michigan Wolverines baseball team - Under head coach Don Lund, the Wolverines compiled a 10–17–2 record. Jim Dickey was the team captain.


American football

*
1959 Detroit Lions season Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
– The Lions, under head coach George Wilson, compiled a 3–8–1 record. The team's statistical leaders included
Earl Morrall Earl Edwin Morrall (May 17, 1934 – April 25, 2014) was an American football player who was a quarterback (and occasional punter) in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons, both a starter and reserve. In the latter capacity, he be ...
with 1,102 passing yards, Nick Pietrosante and 447 rushing yards, Jim Gibbons with 431 receiving yards, and
Howard Cassady Howard Albert "Hopalong" Cassady (March 2, 1934 – September 20, 2019) was an American professional football player who was a halfback and split end. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1955, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame ...
with 30 points scored. *
1959 Michigan State Spartans football team The 1959 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth season under head coach Duffy Daugherty, the Spartans compiled a 5–4 overall record (4–3 agai ...
– Under head coach
Duffy Daugherty Hugh Duffy Daugherty (September 8, 1915 – September 25, 1987) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Michigan State University from 1954 to 1972, compiling a record of 109–69–5. His 1965 and 1966 teams won ...
, the Spartans compiled a 5–4 record. The team's statistical leaders included
Dean Look Dean Zachary Look (born July 23, 1937) is an American former football and baseball player. He played college football as quarterback at Michigan State University and professional football for the New York Titans of the American Football Leagu ...
with 785 passing yards and
Herb Adderly Herbert Anthony Adderley (June 8, 1939 – October 30, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In 1980, he was enshrined in th ...
with 419 rushing yards and 265 receiving yards. *
1959 Michigan Wolverines football team The 1959 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. In its first year under head coach Bump Elliott, Michigan compiled a 4–5 recor ...
– Under head coach
Bump Elliott Chalmers William "Bump" Elliott (January 30, 1925 – December 7, 2019) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played halfback at Purdue University (1943–1944) and the University of Michigan (1946–19 ...
, the Wolverines compiled a 4-5 record. The team's statistical leaders included
Stan Noskin Stanton Charles Noskin (born June 12, 1938) is a former American football player. He played at the quarterback position for the University of Michigan from 1957 to 1959. He was the starting quarterback for the 1959 Michigan Wolverines football t ...
with 747 passing yards,
Fred Julian Alfred J. Julian Jr. (January 27, 1938 – May 4, 2013) was an American football player and coach. He was a starting defensive back for the New York Titans (football), New York Titans (renamed the Jets in 1963) during their 1960 New York Titans s ...
with 289 rushing yards, and Robert Johnson with 264 receiving yards. * 1959 Central Michigan Chippewas football team – Under head coach Kenneth "Bill" Kelly, the Chippewas compiled a 7–3 record. * 1959 Western Michigan Broncos football team – Under head coach Merle Schlosser, the Broncos compiled a 4–5 record. * 1959 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team – Under head coach
Fred Trosko Fred Trosko (September 5, 1917 – February 6, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He played at the halfback position for the University of Michigan football team from 1937 to 1939. He later served as the head football coach at Easte ...
, the Hurons compiled a 1–7 record. *
1959 Detroit Titans football team The 1959 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit as an independent during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Miller, the Titans compiled a 6–4 record and wer ...
– The Titans compiled a 6–4 record under head coach Jim Miller.


Basketball

* 1958–59 Detroit Pistons season – Under head coach
Red Rocha Ephraim J. "Red" Rocha (September 18, 1923 – February 13, 2010) was an American professional basketball player and coach. Basketball A 6'9" center from Oregon State University, he earned List of All-Pacific-12 Conference men's basketball tea ...
, the Pistons compiled a 28–44 record. The team's statistical leaders included
Gene Shue Eugene William Shue (December 18, 1931 – April 3, 2022) was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Shue was one of the top guards of the early days of the NBA and an influential figure ...
with 1,266 points,
Walter Dukes Walter F. Dukes (June 23, 1930 – March 13, 2001) was a center for the New York Knicks (1955–1956), Minneapolis Lakers (1956–1957) and Detroit Pistons (1957–1963). He played college basketball for the Seton Hall Pirates. Born in Roches ...
with 958 rebounds, and Dick McGuire with 443
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s. * 1958–59
Michigan State Spartans men's basketball The Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Michigan State University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I college basketball. The Spartans have won ...
team – Under head coach Forddy Anderson, the Spartans compiled a 19–4 record and advanced to the NCAA tournament where they won Mideast Regional semifinal against Marquette, then lost the Mideast Regional Final to Louisville. Bob Anderegg led the team with an average of 19.6 points per game. * 1958–59 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team – Under head coach
William Perigo William J. Perigo (September 17, 1911 – February 7, 1990) was an American basketball player and coach. He played college basketball for Western Michigan University from 1931 to 1934 and professional basketball for the Indianapolis Kautskys from ...
, the Wolverines compiled a 15–7 record. M.C. Burton, Jr. won the
Big Ten Conference The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
statistical championships for both
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(22.6 points per game) and rebounding (249 in 14 conference games for a 17.8 rebound average). Burton was the first player to lead the conference in both scoring and rebounding. * 1958–59
Detroit Titans men's basketball The Detroit Mercy Titans men's basketball team is the college basketball team that represents University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan, and competes in NCAA Division I men's basketball as a member of the Horizon League. Traditionally, the ...
team – The Titans compiled an 11–14 record under head coach
Bob Calihan Robert James Calihan (August 2, 1918 – September 22, 1989) was an American basketball player and coach. Calihan played for the University of Detroit from 1937 to 1940. He led his team in scoring during each of his three seasons and became the ...
. * 1958–59
Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball The Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team represents Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school's team competes in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and are coached by Dwayne Stephens. The team last played in the N ...
team – Under head coach
Don Boven Donald E. Boven (March 6, 1925 – March 10, 2011) was an American basketball player, coach, and university instructor. He was a World War II veteran who was a standout athlete at Western Michigan University. After playing professional basketball, ...
, the Broncos compiled a 1–11 record.


Ice hockey

*
1958–59 Detroit Red Wings season The 1958–59 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 33rd season. Offseason Regular season Final standings Record vs. opponents Schedule and results Playoffs They failed to make the playoffs Player statistics Regular season ;S ...
– Under head coach
Sid Abel Sidney Gerald Abel (February 22, 1918February 8, 2000) was a Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player, coach and general manager in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Detroit Red Wings, and was a member of three Stanley Cup-winning team ...
, the Red Wings compiled a 25–37–8 record and finished in sixth place in the
National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
.
Gordie Howe Gordon Howe (March 31, 1928 – June 10, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. From 1946 to 1980, he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seaso ...
led the team with 32 goals, 46 assists, and 78 points. The team's goaltender was
Terry Sawchuk Terrance Gordon Sawchuk (December 28, 1929 – May 31, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Los Angeles Kin ...
. * 1958–59
Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey The Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Earning varsity status in 1922, the program has competed in 100 seasons. Between 1959 and 1981, th ...
season – Under head coach Al Renfrew, the Wolverines compiled an 8–13–1 record. * 1958–59
Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey The Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey team is an NCAA Division I college ice hockey program that represents Michigan Technological University. The Huskies are a member of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). They play at the ...
team – Under head coach John MacInnes, Michigan Tech compiled a 16–10–1 record. * 1958–59
Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey The Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey team is the college ice hockey team that represents Michigan State University (MSU). The team plays at the Munn Ice Arena in East Lansing, Michigan, on the MSU campus. The current head coach is Ada ...
team – Under head coach
Amo Bessone Amos "Betts" Bessone (November 22, 1916 – January 9, 2010) was a collegiate ice hockey player and head coach. Bessone was born in Sagamore, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and raised in West Springfield, Massachusetts, where he learned to play ho ...
, the Spartans compiled a 17–6–1 record. and placed second at the 1959 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament, losing to North Dakota in the championship game.


Boat racing

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Port Huron to Mackinac Boat Race The Bayview Mackinac Boat Race is run by the Bayview Yacht Club of Detroit, Michigan. It is one of the longest fresh-water races in the world with over two hundred boats entering the race each year. There have been at least six changes to the co ...
– *
APBA Gold Cup The APBA Gold Cup (originally known simply as the Gold Cup, a speedboat race) is an American hydroplane boat race, named for the American Power Boat Association. It is now run as part of the H1 Unlimited H1 Unlimited is an American Unlimited ...
–


Golf

* Michigan Open – *
Motor City Open The Motor City Open was a PGA Tour event played at various clubs in and around Detroit for just under two decades. The PGA Tour record for the longest sudden-death playoff was established at the 1949 Motor City Open. Cary Middlecoff and Lloyd Mang ...
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Births

* February 5 -
Jennifer Granholm Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-American lawyer, educator, author, political commentator, and politician serving as the 16th United States secretary of energy since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, she pre ...
, 47th Governor of Michigan, in
Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...
* June 19 -
Mark DeBarge Mark "Marty" DeBarge (born June 19, 1959) is an Americans, American Contemporary R&B, R&B/soul music, soul singer-songwriter, drummer, percussionist, and plays a variety of wind instruments, such as the saxophone, flugelhorn, trumpet, and flute. H ...
, part of the Motown family group
DeBarge DeBarge was an American musical recording group composed of several members of the DeBarge family. In addition to various solo projects completed by members of the family, DeBarge was active between 1979 and 1989. The group originally consisted ...
and songwriter (" Stay with Me"), in Detroit * August 14 - Magic Johnson, basketball player for Los Angeles Lakers (1979–1991, 1996), 5x NBA champion, 3x NBA MVP, in Lansing, Michigan * September 21 - Dave Coulier, actor (''
Full House ''Full House'' is an American television Situation comedy, sitcom created by Jeff Franklin for American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The show is about widowed father Danny Tanner who enlists his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis and childhood best ...
'') and stand-up comedian, in
St. Clair Shores, Michigan St. Clair Shores is a suburban city bordering Lake Saint Clair (North America), Lake St. Clair in Macomb County, Michigan, Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan. It forms a part of the Metro Detroit area, and is located about northeast of d ...
* October 23 - Sam Raimi, film director ( ''Evil Dead'' series, the original ''Spider-Man'' trilogy, and '' Darkman'') and screenwriter, in
Royal Oak, Michigan Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Royal Oak is about north of Detroit's city limits. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 57,236. Royal Oak is located along t ...
* no date - Bill Morrison, comic book artist and writer, co-founder and creative director of
Bongo Comics Bongo Comics Group was a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Matt Groening along with Steve & Cindy Vance and Bill Morrison. It published comics related to the animated television series ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama'', as well a ...
(1993-2012), in
Lincoln Park, Michigan Lincoln Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 38,144 at the 2010 census, down from 40,008 at the 2000 census. With a population density of at the 2010 census, Lincoln Park is the second most-densely ...


Gallery of 1959 births

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Deaths

* March 17 -
Howard Ehmke Howard John Ehmke (April 24, 1894 – March 17, 1959) was an American baseball pitcher. He played professional baseball for 16 years from 1914 to 1930, including 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Buffalo Blues (1915), Detroit Tigers (19 ...
, pitcher for Detroit Tigers (1916–1922), at age 64 in Philadelphia * April 9 -
John Herrmann John Theodore Herrmann (November 9, 1900 – April 9, 1959) was a writer in the 1920s and 1930s and is alleged to have introduced Whittaker Chambers to Alger Hiss. Biography Herrmann was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1900. He lived in Paris i ...
, writer who lived in Paris in the 1920s as part of its famous expatriate American writers' circle, at age 58 in Mexico * May 15 - Clarence J. McLeod, Congressman from Michigan (1920–1941), at age 63 in Detroit * August 5 -
Edgar Guest Edgar Albert Guest (20 August 1881 – 5 August 1959) was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life. Early life Guest was born in Birmingham ...
, poet who became known as the "People's Poet", at age 77 in Detroit * September 7 - Charline White, first African-American woman to be elected to the Michigan Legislature, at age 39 in Detroit * December 2 - Albert J. Engel, Congressman from Michigan (1935–1951), at age 71 in Grand Rapids


Gallery of 1959 deaths

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Howard Ehmke Howard John Ehmke (April 24, 1894 – March 17, 1959) was an American baseball pitcher. He played professional baseball for 16 years from 1914 to 1930, including 15 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Buffalo Blues (1915), Detroit Tigers (19 ...
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Edgar Guest Edgar Albert Guest (20 August 1881 – 5 August 1959) was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life. Early life Guest was born in Birmingham ...
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See also

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History of Michigan The history of human activity in Michigan, a U.S. state in the Great Lakes, began with settlement of the western Great Lakes region by Paleo-Indians perhaps as early as 11,000 B.C.E One early technology they developed was the use of native coppe ...
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History of Detroit Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement above tidewater in North America., p. 56. Founded as a New France fur trading post, it began to expand during the 19 ...


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