March 1959

Monday 02:

Miles Davis holds the first recording session for Kind of Blue at Columbia 30th Street Studio in New York, NY.

Tuesday 03:

The San Francisco Giants officially name their new stadium Candlestick Park.

Sunday 08:

Last television appearance of The Marx Brothers, in The Incredible Jewel Robbery

Monday 09:

The Barbie doll debuts.

Wednesday 11:

In Cannes, France, Teddy Scholten wins the fourth Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands singing "Een beetje" (A little bit).

Saturday 14:

J.R.D.A.C.I. founded at a congress in Treichville, Côte d'Ivoire.

Tuesday 17:

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet and travels to India.

Wednesday 18:

American President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law allowing for Hawaiian statehood, which would become official on August 21.

Tuesday 24:

The Party of the African Federation (PFA) is launched by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Modibo Keita.

Tuesday 31:

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.