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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1959
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| January 21, 1959 |
Tornado strikes Chickamauga battlefield, knocking down 2,000 trees
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Georgia Tornadoes |
| February 5, 1959 |
Carson McCullers introduces Marilyn Monroe to Karen Blixen (Out of Africa). |
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Carson McCullers |
| March 19, 1959 |
Ralph David Abernathy III is born in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the son of Ralph David Abernathy, Jr., vice-president of the SCLC. |
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Ralph David Abernathy III |
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Ralph David Abernathy, Jr. |
| April 11, 1959 |
Springer Mountain, between Fannin County and Gilmer County, becomes the start of the Appalachian Trail, replacing Oglethorpe Mountain (Pickens County). The change reduced the length of the Appalachian Trail by about 15 miles |
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Gilmer County, Georgia |
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Pickens County, Georgia |
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Fannin County, Georgia |
| May 25, 1959 |
Lake Lanier reaches its normal height (1,070 feet above sea level) for the first time. |
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Lake Lanier |
| June 16, 1959 |
United States District Court Judge Frank H. Hooper rules that although he does not have the power to order integration, he does have the power to end segregation. He orders the Atlanta City Schools to desegregate
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Frank A. Hooper |
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The Road to Integration
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| July 21, 1959 |
Hank Aaron appears on the TV show "Home Run Derby."
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Hank Aaron
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| July 21, 1959 |
Launch of the merchant vessel Savannah, first nuclear-powered ship in its class
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| July 27, 1959 |
William Shea, a wealthy New York attorney, announces the formation of the Continental League, slated to begin play in 1961. Atlanta is one of the cities in which Shea wants to put a baseball team. |
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| August 13, 1959 |
Brenda Lee records "Sweet Nothin's," her first top ten hit
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Brenda Lee
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| August 19, 1959 |
Blind Willie McTell dies from a cerebral hemhorrage, Milledgeville, Georgia
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William Samuel 'Blind Willie' McTell |
| November 29, 1959 |
The Midway Colonial Museum, Midway, Georgia, is dedicated. |
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