Nostalgia
1959

Oscar Winners
Best Picture
	BEN-HUR
Actor
Charlton Heston
BEN-HUR
Actress
Simone Signoret
ROOM AT THE TOP

Top 25 Songs
1	MACK THE KNIFE
		Bobby Darin Atco
2	THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS
		Johnny Horton Columbia
3	SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
		The Platters Mercury
4	HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER
		Guy Mitchell Columbia
5	VENUS
		Frankie Avalon Chancellor
6	MR. BLUE
		The Fleetwoods Dolton
7	LONELY BOY
		Paul Anka ABC-Poramount
8	STAGGER LEE
		Lloyd Price ABC-Paramount
9	A LOVER'S QUESTION
		Clyde McPhafter Atlantic
10	DONNA
		Ritchie Valens Del-Fi
11	THE THREE BELLS
		The Browns RCA
12	LONELY TEARDROPS
		Jackie Wilson Brunswick
13	MY HEART IS AN OPEN BOOK
		Carl Dobklns, Jr Decca
14	COME SOFTLY TO ME
		The Fleetwoods Dolphin
15	GOTTA TRAVEL ON
		Billy Grammer Monument
16	PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER
		Paul Anka ABC-Paramount
17	SLEEP WALK
		Santo and Johnny Canadian-American
18	PERSONALITY
		Lloyd Price ABC-Paramount
19	KANSAS CITY
		Wilbert Harrison Fury
20	DREAM LOVER
		Bobby Darin Atco
21	SIXTEEN CANDLES
		The Crests Coed
22	DON'T YOU KNOW
		Della Reese RCA
23	PINK SHOE LACES
	Dodie Stevens Crystalette
24	WHY
		Frankie Avalon Chancellor
25	IN THE MOOD
		Ernie Fields Rendezvous

World Series Champion
Los Angeles 4, Chicago White Sox 2

National Football League Champion
Baltimore Colts defeated the New York Giants 31-16, December 27.

National Basketball League Champion
1958-59    Boston Celtics over the Minneapolis Lakers    4-0

National Hockey League Champion
Montreal Canadiens

Heavyweight Champion
01 May 59   Floyd Patterson w.ko.11 Brian London at Indianapolis
26 Jun 59   Ingemar Johansson w.rsf.3 Floyd Patterson at New York

President/Vice President
Republican 1953-1961, Dwight David Eisenhower/Richard M. Nixon

News Events
Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba. 
Alaska is admitted as the 49th state. 
Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500 stock car race. 
Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India. 
Hawaii admitted as the 50th state. 
Soviet Premier Krushchev begins unprecedented visit to U.S.