Rulers:
• Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961)
• Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022)
Events:
• Museo de Arte de Ponce founded in Ponce (Puerto Rico).
Births:
• Alexander, Jason (1959)
• Bean, Sean (1959)
• Clarkson, Patricia (1959)
• De Mornay, Rebecca (1959)
• Dean, Felicity (1959)
• Harrison, Cathryn (1959-2018)
• Hyde-White, Alex (1959)
• Kilmer, Val (1959)
• Marsani, Claudia (1959)
• Spacey, Kevin (1959)
• Thompson, Emma (1959)
Deaths:
• DeMille, Cecil B. (1881-1959)
• Krauss, Werner (1884-1959)
• Philipe, Gérard (1922-1959)
• Renard, Gabrielle (1878-1959)
• Reeves, George (1914-1959)
• Vidor, Charles (1900-1959)
Music:
• Rózsa, Miklós (1907-1995): Ben-Hur (1959)
Art:
• Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): Daphnis et Chloé: La Fable de Syringe (1959-61)
• Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): Les amoureux (1959)
• Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963): La Tour (1959)
• Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989): La Découverte des Amériques (1958-59)
• De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978): Composizione metafisica (1950-60)
• Moore, Henry (1898-1986): Ideas for Sculpture: Heads (1959)
• Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Faunes et chèvre (1959-60)
Film:
• Ben-Hur (1959)
• Les liaisons dangereuses (1959)