The year 1959 was the 10th and last year of the 1950's.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- February 11 - The Hanging Tree
- March 4 - Up Periscope
- April 4 - Rio Bravo
- April 25 - Westbound
- May 7 - Island of Lost Women
- May 21 - Gigantis the Fire Monster
- May 30 - The Young Philadelphians
- June 12 - Teenagers from Outer Space
- June 16 - John Paul Jones
- July 18 - The Nun's Story
- July 22 - Hercules
- September 15 - Look Back in Anger
- October 31 - The FBI Story
- November 11
- November 12 - The Miracle
- November 18 - A Summer Place
Shorts[]
- January 3 - Dog Collared (re-issue)
- January 10 - Baton Bunny
- January 29 - Mouse-Placed Kitten
- January 31 - A Fox in a Fix (re-issue)
- February 14 - China Jones
- February 21 - My Bunny Lies Over The Sea (re-issue)
- February 28 - Hare-abian Nights
- March 14 - Golden Yeggs (re-issue)
- March 21 - Trick or Tweet
- April 4 - The Mouse That Jack Built
- April 11 - Scent-imental Romeo (re-issue)
- April 18 - Apes of Wrath
- May 2 - Canned Feud (re-issue)
- May 9 - Hot-Rod and Reel!
- May 23 - A Mutt in a Rut
- May 30 - Early to Bet (re-issue)
- June 13 - Backwoods Bunny
- June 20 - Boobs in the Woods (re-issue)
- June 27 - Really Scent
- July 4 - Mexicali Shmoes
- July 11 - The Bee-Deviled Bruin (re-issue)
- July 18 - Tweet and Lovely
- July 25 - High Diving Hare (re-issue)
- August 1 - Wild and Woolly Hare
- August 15 - Cat's Paw
- August 22 - Dog Gone South (re-issue)
- August 29 - Here Today, Gone Tamale
- September 5 - Bonanza Bunny
- September 12 - Drip-Along Daffy (re-issue)
- September 26 - A Broken Leghorn
- October 3 - Often an Orphan (re-issue)
- October 10 - Wild About Hurry
- October 24 - Putty Tat Trouble (re-issue)
- October 31 - A Witch's Tangled Hare
- November 14 - Unnatural History
- November 21 - Hot Cross Bunny (re-issue)
- December 4 - Tweet Dreams
- December 12 - A Bear for Punishment (re-issue)
- December 19 - People Are Bunny
Television[]
Theme parks[]
People[]
Births[]
Deaths[]
- January 4 - Lee Shumway (actor)
- January 21 - Carl Switzer (singer, child actor, dog breeder and guide)
- January 28 - Philip Tonge (actor)
- January 29 - Molly Pearson (actress)
- February 1
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan (actress)
- Frank Shannon (actor and writer)
- February 4 - Una O'Connor (actress)
- February 13 - William Axt (composer)
- March 2 - Eric Blore (actor, voice actor and writer)
- March 3 - Lou Costello (comedian, actor and producer)
- March 27 - Grant Withers (actor)
- April 6
- Rosalind Ivan (actress)
- Monte Montague (actor)
- Anderson Lawler (actor and producer)
- April 10 - Ira H. Morgan (cinematographer)
- April 12 - James Gleason (actor, playwright and screenwriter)
- April 16 - Charles Halton (actor)
- April 17 - Cecil Cunningham (actress, singer, dancer and comedian)
- April 18 - Irving Cummings (actor and director)
- May 28 - George Chesebro (actor)
- June 16 - George Reeves (actor)
- June 18 - Ethel Barrymore (actress)
- June 21 - Nick De Ruiz (actor)
- June 29 - Chester Gan (actor)
- July 20 - Harry Fox (dancer, actor and comedian)
- July 30 - Heinie Conklin (actor and comedian)
- August 5 - G. Pat Collins (actor)
- August 10 - Lafe McKee (actor)
- August 31 - Charles Delaney (actor)
- September 1 - Jack Norworth (songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer)
- September 6 - Edmund Gwenn (actor)
- September 14 - Wayne Morris (actor)
- September 19 - John Merton (actor)
- September 20 - Olin Howland (actor)
- September 22 - Jane Winton (actress, dancer, opera soprano, writer and painter)
- September 25 - Helen Broderick (actress)
- September 29 - Harold Huber (actor)
- September 30 - Taylor Holmes (actor and voice actor)
- October 7 - Mario Lanza (tenor and actor)
- October 12 - Edward Keane (actor)
- October 14 - Errol Flynn (actor)
- October 21 - Olive Blakeney (actress)
- October 30 - Noel Francis (actress)
- November 10 - Lupino Lane (actor, theatre manager, director and producer)
- November 22 - Frank O'Connor (actor, director and writer)
- November 30 - Arthur Q. Bryan (actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality)
- December 12 - Russell Simpson (actor)
- December 22 - Gilda Gray (dancer and actress)
- December 24 - Edmund Goulding (actor, screenwriter and film director)
Artists Joined[]
Character debuts[]
- February - Mr. Freeze
- March - Mirror Master
- May - Metallo
- July 4 - Slowpoke Rodriguez
- September 5 - Blacque Jacque Shellacque
- October - Hal Jordan
- December - Wally West
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