Discover what happened on 17 January 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
- Arnold Wycombe Gomme (British classical scholar (1886–1959))
- Arnold Wycombe Gomme (British classical scholar (1886–1959))
- Joan Amades (Spanish ethnologist and folklorist)
- Max Kukil (German politician (1904-1959))
- Alfons Du Bois (Belgian politician (1878–1959))
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- Edward J. Baker (American educator (1868-1959))
- Hope Loring (British screenwriter (1894–1959))
- Percy Evans (English cricketer (1894-1959))
- Álvaro Adolfo da Silveira (Brazilian politician (1882-1959))
- Adolf Šelbický (Czech Roman Catholic priest)
- Muḥammad Ḥāmid Fiqī (Egyptian sheikh, founder of Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyah)
- Václav Hora
- Imre Szörényi
- Abdul Aziz (Pakistani cricketer born in 1941)
- Giuseppina Albina Damonte
- Sim Donohoe (Irish hurler)
- David Halton Thomson (British engineer (1886-1959))
- Otto Schwink
- Grace Wilkinson ((died 1959))
- James Arthur Macarthur-Onslow ((1898-1959))
- Yoshiki Horiguchi (Japanese meteorologist)
- Bohumír Treybal
- Otto Wartmann (Swiss politician (1890-1959))
- Charles Valencia (Jamaican cricketer)
- John Rees (Australian cricketer (1880-1959))
- Alfons Du Bois (Belgian politician (1878–1959))
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- Edward J. Baker (American educator (1868-1959))
- Hope Loring (British screenwriter (1894–1959))
- Percy Evans (English cricketer (1894-1959))
- Álvaro Adolfo da Silveira (Brazilian politician (1882-1959))
- Adolf Šelbický (Czech Roman Catholic priest)
- Muḥammad Ḥāmid Fiqī (Egyptian sheikh, founder of Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyah)
- Václav Hora
- Imre Szörényi
- Abdul Aziz (Pakistani cricketer born in 1941)
- Giuseppina Albina Damonte
- Sim Donohoe (Irish hurler)
- David Halton Thomson (British engineer (1886-1959))
- Otto Schwink
- Grace Wilkinson ((died 1959))
- James Arthur Macarthur-Onslow ((1898-1959))
- Yoshiki Horiguchi (Japanese meteorologist)
- Bohumír Treybal
- Otto Wartmann (Swiss politician (1890-1959))
- Charles Valencia (Jamaican cricketer)
- John Rees (Australian cricketer (1880-1959))
- Vilhelmina Anna Charlotta von Lewenhaupt