September 16, 1959
That fall of 1959, gas ran $0.31 a gallon and Eisenhower was in the White House — the Soviet Union had just launched a spacecraft that crashed onto the surface of the Moon — the first human-made object to reach another world — while back home Americans were dealing with a steel industry labor dispute that had shut down production for months. On television, "Gunsmoke" was the country's top-rated show, and at the movies, audiences were lining up for "Ben-Hur," a biblical epic starring Charlton Heston that would go on to win a record 12 Academy Awards. The Los Angeles Dodgers claimed the World Series title over the Chicago White Sox that October, and on the 21st of that same month, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum — designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, who had died earlier that year — opened its doors to the public in New York City.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — September 16, 1959
NY Times Headlines — Week of September 16, 1959
U.N. Opens Session Calmly And Picks Peruvian As Head; Belaunde, Assembly'S New President, Sees Peace Hope-- Soviet Silent On China
Khrushchev Has An Arms Plan; Asks Peace Effort Lest Earth Turn Into 'Ashes And Graves'; U. N. To Hear Idea Premier To Address It Tomorrow -- Due In New York Today Khrushchev Promises To Present To U. N. A New Plan For World Disarmament Bids U. S., Soviet Guarantee Peace Warns In Press Club Talk: War Would Cover Earth 'With Ashes And Graves'
Khrushchev, In U.N., Bids Nations Disarm Down To Police Units Within Four Years; West Is Critical; U. S. Stresses Control; War Peril Cited Destruction Of Arms And Abolition Of All Forces Asked Khrushchev, In U. N. Speech, Proposes Complete Disarmament Within 4 Years Stresses Danger Of A Nuclear War Asks Abolition Of Military Forces And Liquidation Of Foreign Bases
World Events — September 1959
Time Person of the Year — 1959
On the radio
Billboard Charts — September 16, 1959
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1959–60 Season
Emmy Winners — 1959
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — September 16, 1959
On the field
Sports Champions — September 16, 1959
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