In the history of yield-seeking investments, 1959 was a seminal year — the one in which bond yields and dividend yields flipped. The question investors must now contend with is whether they have ...

On a freezing night in February 1959, nine experienced hikers disappeared from their tent in the northern Ural Mountains. They were part of a skiing expedition led by Igor Dyatlov. When rescuers ...

When the year 1959 began, there were only 48 states. Alaska and Hawaii would became part of the United States during that annum, the third year of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second term. It was ...

Early in the morning of February 3, 1959, the chartered Beechcraft Bonanza carrying Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and J.R. “Big Bopper" Richardson crashed just after take-off near Clear Lake, Iowa. It ...

Sixty years ago, this month, Miles Davis finished recording Kind of Blue, perhaps his greatest masterpiece and still jazz's bestselling album. But it was not the only milestone recorded that year.

The new Oldsmobile 88s for 1959 were bigger and lower than their predecessors, and offered plenty of swank to shame the neighbors who cheaped out and got Pontiacs and Chevrolets that year. This glossy ...

May 25 and 26, 1959, saw the first meeting of the Research Steering Committee on Manned Space Flight. The committee was also referred to as the Goett Committee, as it was chaired by Harry J. Goett. An ...

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1959 marked the third year of the "Forward Look" for Plymouth. The body had been restyled in a rather flamboyant fashion, while having the same general silhouette. A new "Star View" windshield ...