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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 19, 1959 |
Milan-San Remo |
Miguel Poblet (Spa) |
281 km |
| March 30, 1959 |
Tour of Flanders |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
242 km |
| April 12, 1959 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Noel Fore (Bel) |
262 km |
| April 26, 1959 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Fred De Bruyne (Bel) |
240 km |
| April 24-May 10, 1959 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Antonio Suarez (Spa) |
17 Stages,
3,033 km |
| May 16-June 9, 1959 |
Giro d'Italia |
Charly Gaul (Lux) |
22 Stages,
3,657 km |
| June 25-July 18, 1959 |
Tour de France |
Federico Bahamontes (Spa) |
22 Stages,
4,358 km |
| August 16, 1959 |
World
Championships |
Andre Darrigade (Fra) |
Zandwoort, Holland 292 km |
October 18, 1959 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Rik Van Looy (Bel) |
Milan-Milan,
240 km |
• Music - February 2, 1959, Rock and Roll stars Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper dead in an airplane crash near Mason City, Iowa. The news was not widely known until the next day. February 3, 1959 was known as The Night the Music Dead.
• Statehood - Alaska became the 49th state admitted to the United States of America.
• Cuba - the USA recognizes the new government of Fidel Castro's Cuba.
• TV - Network quiz shows caused a scandal by fixing the outcome of the contest to increase ratings.
Notable Deaths -
Billie Holiday, 1915-1959, brilliant jazz and blues singer with the Big Bands, dead a victim of heroin.
1958
1960
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