Timeline April 1959

Events in April 1959 5

• 1867 – 1959 Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) Died 9 April 1959, aged 91 Wright was one of the most influential architects in American history, known for organic designs such as Fallingwater and the spiraling Guggenheim Museum in New York, which opened months after his death. He pioneered concepts of open-plan living and buildings integrated with their natural surroundings. His career spanned more than seven decades.
• 1959 John Coltrane records Kind of Blue with Miles Davis Modal jazz The best-selling jazz album of all time.
• 1959 The Drifters release There Goes My Baby Strings in R&B Leiber and Stoller put strings on an R&B record.
• 1959 Saint Lawrence Seaway opens New waterway links the Great Lakes to the Atlantic The Saint Lawrence Seaway, a joint project of the United States and Canada, opened to shipping, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It allowed ocean-going vessels to reach ports deep in North America's interior. Queen Elizabeth II and President Eisenhower formally dedicated it that June.
• 1959 Bruce Lee moves to USA Leaves Hong Kong aged 18 After his street fighting became a legal problem in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee's parents put him on a boat to San Francisco on April 29, 1959. He arrived in Seattle with $100 from his mother and $15 from his father.