Timeline March 1959

Events in March 1959 4

• 1888 – 1959 Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) Died 26 March 1959, aged 70 Chandler was a novelist whose hardboiled detective fiction, featuring private investigator Philip Marlowe, shaped the crime genre in American literature. Novels including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye were adapted into influential films. His terse, atmospheric prose style influenced generations of writers.
• 1906 – 1959 Lou Costello (1906-1959) Died 3 March 1959, aged 52 Costello was one half of the comedy duo Abbott and Costello, famous for the routine "Who's on First?" The pair were among the most popular entertainers in American film and radio during the 1940s. Costello died of a heart attack shortly before his 53rd birthday.
• 1959 John Coltrane records Kind of Blue with Miles Davis Modal jazz The best-selling jazz album of all time.
• 1959 Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule Dalai Lama flees to India An uprising in Lhasa against Chinese Communist rule was crushed by the People's Liberation Army amid fears for the Dalai Lama's safety. The 14th Dalai Lama fled across the Himalayas and was granted asylum in India. Tens of thousands of Tibetans followed him into exile.