Timeline September 1959

Events in September 1959 7

• 1877 – 1959 Edmund Gwenn (1877-1959) English actor, the Santa Claus of Miracle on 34th Street.
• 1926 – 1959 Kay Kendall (1926-1959) Died 6 September 1959, aged 32 Kendall was a British actress known for comic roles in films such as Genevieve and Les Girls. She continued acting after being diagnosed with leukemia, reportedly without being told the diagnosis herself. Her death shortly before her 33rd birthday cut short a rapidly rising career.
• 1959 Edmund Gwenn dies in Woodland Hills Edmund Gwenn dies aged 81.
• 1959 Elvis Presley meets Priscilla Beaulieu While stationed in Germany, Elvis meets 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu, the daughter of an American officer.
• 1959 Luna 2 becomes first spacecraft to reach the Moon Soviet probe impacts the lunar surface The Soviet Union's Luna 2 probe crash-landed on the Moon, becoming the first human-made object to reach another celestial body. It confirmed the Moon had no significant magnetic field and carried Soviet pennants to the surface. The achievement was a major milestone in the early Space Race.
• 1959 Nikita Khrushchev visits the United States First visit to America by a Soviet leader Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev toured the United States, meeting President Eisenhower at Camp David and visiting cities including New York, Los Angeles, and a farm in Iowa. It was the first visit to the U.S. by a sitting Soviet leader. The trip briefly eased Cold War tensions and drew intense press coverage.
• 1959 Xerox 914 photocopier introduced First automated plain-paper copier reaches the market The Haloid Xerox Company unveiled the Xerox 914, the first automated machine to make copies on ordinary plain paper. It became one of the best-selling industrial products in history and made "Xerox" a generic verb for photocopying. The machine established Xerox as a major American corporation.