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Static test of XLR-11 engine for X-15. January 13, 1959. Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Static test number 1044, of XLR-11 engine for X-15, January 13, 1959 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Heavy fumes fill area at startup of test and are dispelled as hot gases are generated by engine.
LA Dodgers beat Chicago White Sox in 6th (final) game of baseball 1959 World Series
Newsreel clip entitled "Dodgers Win World Series," shows highlights from game 6 of the 1959 World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox. Shot of packed stands at Chicago's Comiskey Park. White Sox ace pitcher Early Wynn gives up walk to Wally Moon and home run to Duke Snider. Snider seen rounding third as announcer notes this is his 11th World Series home run, a National League record. In fourth inning, Wynn gives up run-scoring hit to Maury Wills and is replaced by Dick Donovan, who gives up run-scoring double to Charlie Neal and home run to Wally Moon. White Sox first baseman Ted Kluszewski, in his famous sleeveless jersey, slugs a three-run homer into the right field stands to score the Sox' only runs of the day. Dodgers bring on pitcher Larry Sherry to retire Luis Aparicio and end the White Sox threat. Dodgers go on and win 9-3 to clinch the series ( their first world championship since leaving Brooklyn for the West Coast after the 1957 season).
Launch of the National Foundation's expanded 1959 Program for Victories Beyond Polio in New York.
The launch of the National Foundation's expanded 1959 Program for Victories Beyond Polio in New York. Children suffering from Polio, Arthritic disease and birth disease attend the launch of National Foundation's expanded 1959 Program. They move on crutches and wheelchair. Women accompany the children. The three children are the representatives of the March of Dimes Against Arthritis, birth defects and Polio. Women hold posters.
Steel Strike of 1959 ends with announcement from Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell.
WS building in Washington, D.C. , possibly the Department of Labor. Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell, steel industry chief negotiator R. Conrad Cooper, and Steelworkers Union leader David J. McDonald gathered at a table. James P. Mitchell announces settlement of the 116 day steel strike of 1959, which started on July 15, 1959 and ended with an October 21 court injunction which was upheld by the Supreme Court on November 7. Mitchell explains that a "recommendation for settlement" was made, but that his announcement was pending ratification. The three men shake hands after the announcement. The narrator explains that the pact has benefits "totaling some 39 cent an hour."
The Security Council places South Africa's apartheid crisis on its agenda as people protest on roads in South Africa.
Security Council meeting on South Africa crisis at United Nations headquarters in New York, United States. Dignitary speaks during the council meeting. Name plates in front of him read 'President' and 'United States'. Dignitaries and personnel present at the meeting. The Security Council places South Africa's apartheid crisis on its agenda, over South Africa protests. Meanwhile in South Africa, the native work stoppage continues and thousands march in protest against government policies. Factories near sea. People stand in a line at a shop. Native black South African residents protest and carry caskets as they demonstrate on road.
Events related to Cuban Missile Crisis: Cuban revolution in 1959; Khrushchev and Castro in 1960; Soviet missiles withdrawn 1962
Cheering Cuban crowds seen celebrating Fidel Castro's successful overthrow of Batista, in 1959, in Havana, Cuba. Fidel Castro with Nikita Khrushchev outside Hotel Theresa in Harlem, New York City, before meetings at the United Nations building in New York City, during the opening of the 15th General Assembly (September 19, 1960). View of Castro walking in front of UN building entrance. View of Soviet Navy ships carrying missiles from Cuba, back to the Soviet Union, in 1962. Nikita Khrushchev gesturing and talking outside a building. Newspaper photograph of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko conversing with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who is seated in his rocking chair at the White House.
