Discover what happened on 17 April 1959 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Boris Shiryaev (Catholic priest)
- Cecil Cunningham (American actress (1888-1959))
- Ryuko Kawaji (Japanese writer (1888-1959))
- Arthur Cecil Alport (British medical doctor (1880-1959))
- Paul Dujardin (French water polo player (1894–1959))
- Fritz Rott (German university professor)
- Auguste Lahoulle (French flying ace and general (1891-1959))
- Arturo Chiari
- Barbara Kemp (German opera singer)
- Charles E. Dunbar (American lawyer)
- Fred Brainard (Major League Baseball player)
- Fredrik Svanström (Finnish athlete)
- L.P. Aakjær (Danish architect)
- Nand Lal (Indian freedom fighter, politician)
- Joan Tauler i Palomeras (Spanish jurist, politician and journalist (1879-1959))
- Władimir Nikitin (Soviet politician)
- William Hubert Vaughan (railway guard and chairman of the Welsh Land Settlement Society)
- Mary Barkas (New Zealand born psychiatrist and physician)
- Axel Ideström (Swedish writer)
- Eben S. Draper Jr. (American businessman and politician (1893-1959))
- Julius H. Barnes (American industrialist and government official (1873-1959))
- Thomas Rosser Dummer ((died 1959))
- Holmes Conover Montfort ((1859-1959))
- Gubert William Leslie Fane de Salis ((1887-1959))
- Karl Dietze
- Franc. Römer
- Mojmír Helcelet
- Louis Chamon (French Righteous Among the Nations)
- M. A. Hyde (American politician)