Humidaire Co., Inc.,
The company was started in 1959, when Ike was still President and his Vice President was a young Richard Nixon. Things were good back then. Maybe because steak was only $1.07 per pound! My Happiness was one of the hit songs that year along with Put Your Head on My Shoulder, Mack the Knife, Everything's Coming up Roses, and The Sound of Music.
What Else Happened in 1959?
Fidel Castro became premier of Cuba. The Russians shocked us all when they launched a satellite with two monkeys aboard. For a travel experience geared more to the average consumer, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened to link the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. American Airlines joined in too as it began the first coast-to-coast service from New York to Los Angeles on the Boeing 707.
Yes, when you think about it, things have changed a lot. But, there are some things that have remained the same.
One good thing is that Humidaire Co., Inc., is still around and thriving, ther has been many years of dedication by everyone involved . . . and most importantly, caring about customers who helped us reach this milestone.
Everyone Benefits When Doing Business with Us!
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1959 Humidaire Co., Inc. created.Supplier of blower wheels and fan blades. The Largest variety in the world.
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| 1959 EFTA Founded Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Portugal established the "European Free Trade Association" as a counterpart to the Common Market. |
| 1959 Singapore Independent Singapore became an independent state on June 3, 1959. |
| 1959 Uprising in Tibet Fighting broke out between Communist Chinese troops and the local population, who were rebelling against Communist rule. The Communists put down the rebellion, dissolved the Tibetan local government and forced the Dalai Lama into exile. |
| 1959 Degaulle Agrees to Vote on Algerian Independence French casualties continued to mount in Algeria. France's position that Algeria was part of their country was under attack throuhout the world. Thus, French President DeGaulle bowed to what seemed the inevitable and agreed to a referendum in Algeria on independence. |
| 1959 St. Lawrence Seaway The St. Lawrence Seaway was opened on June 26. The Seaway, which was a joint Canadian-American project, allowed ships to travel to the Great Lakes, thereby opening American and Canadian lake ports to sea transportation. |
| 1959 Alaska Admitted to the Union On January 3, 1959, Alaska became the 49th state admitted to the Union. |
| 1959 Hawaii Admitted to the Union On August 21, Hawaii, the "Aloha State," joined the Union. |
| 1959 Kitchen Debate During a visit to the Soviet Union by US Vice President Nixon, he and Soviet Premier Khrushchev engaged in a so called "kitchen debate" on the merits of Communism and Capitalism. The debate took place at the opening of the American National Exposition in Moscow. |
| 1959 Castro Seizes Power in Cuba On January 1st, Fidel Castro marched into Havana after Cuban dictator Batista had fled. Castro, who had led the successful revolution against Batista, was widely welcomed-- even by the U.S. Castro soon signed a friendship treaty with the Soviet Union. He also confiscated large agrarian holdings. As far as the United States was concerned, these two actions transformed Castro from a freedom fighter into a Communist. |
| 1959 X- 15 Makes First Flight The "X-15 Rocket" Aircraft made its first flight from a B-52 Bomber in 1959. The plane set many speed records, obtaining a top speed of Mach 6. The X-15 was used to test many concepts later used in the space program. |
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Danny's Coffee Shops are renamed Dennys.
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| 1959
Pantyhose, which give women the look of stockings without garters, garter-belts, or corsets, are introduced. By a man, no doubt.
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| 1959
February 3, 1959. A plane crash kills singers Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper.)Read about the Day the Music Died
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| 1959
Lee Harvey Oswald announces in Moscow he will never return to US. If only he had meant it.
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| 1959
The Nikon F 35-mm. single-lens reflex camera is introduced by Nippon Kogaku K.K.
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| 1959 BARBIE! Arrival!
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| 1959
U.S. supermarkets number 32,000 and account for 69 percent of all food store sales although they comprise only 11 percent of food stores.
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| 1959
New York's Four Seasons restaurant and The Brasserie open in the new Seagram Building.
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| 1959
New Best Friends. Iran & US sign economic treaty. Iraq & USSR sign economic/technical treaty. Israeli Knesset agrees to weapon sales to West Germany.
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| 1959
South Africa decides not to introduce any television. The decision will stand for 16 years. Guess they'll have to catch Lucy on reruns.
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| 1959
On the Air! You'd find 3,287AM radio, 578 FM radio and 509 TV Stations.
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| 1959
Lady Chatterly's Lover banned by the U.S. Postal Service.
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| 1959
31.7% of all advertising dollars are spent on newspapers - 13.7% on TV. Complete allocation of ad dollars.
Hurray for Jiffy Pop!
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| 1959
Swimmer Esther Williams gets her own Wheaties box! Read her autobiography The Million Dollar Mermaid
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| 1959
"Think Small" campaign from Volkwagon. In 1999 Advertising Age picked this as the number one ad campaign of the century! Must of worked because VW will sell 120,000 cars in the U.S. this year, which is four times the number sold in 1955.
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| 1959
Maxwell House inaugurates the "Good to the last drop" ad campaign.
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| 1959
The BIC ballpoint pen is introduced in America!
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| 1959
.Oscar stuff.
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| 1959
A banner year for imported passenger cars. Some 668,070 of them. Up from 21,287 in 1950.The trend will reverse itself and by 1961 when there are only 279,437 imports.
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| 1959 Spam
One billionth can of Spam sold.
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| 1959 Awards
The second annual Grammy Awards!
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| 1959
In Sports...
Space monkeys Able and Baker boldly go where no monkey (or human) has gone before.
The space monkeys (above) paved the way for humans. This year, NASA picks the Mercury Astronauts, 7 guys with the "right stuff."
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| 1959
Aluminum beer can introduced by Coors of Golden, Colorado.
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| 1959 Singapore
After 13 years as a colony of Britain, Singapore becomes a self-governing republic on June 3 under Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
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| 1959 Statehood
On February 3, Alaska is admitted to statehood. Followed by Hawaii on August 21. For about a year in between America had a 49 star flag.
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| 1959 Titles
Americans will spend $1.2 billion on books in a year in which 14,876 new ones are published.
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| 1959 Accidents
A sad number. 1.25 million Americans have now died in car accidents, which is more American than have died in war.
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| 1959
Confederate Walter Williams is the last veteran of the Civil War to die. Albert Woolson, the last Union soldier of the Civil War died in 1956.
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| 1959 Wages
The average American worker earns $91.53 a week.
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| 1959 Prohilbition
Oklahoma repeals their 51 year old Prohibition law leaving Mississippi the only "dry" state in America.
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| 1959
Bonanza debuts on TV. The Fifties Web TV Western Pages as does the Twilight Zone.
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| 1959
The microchip is invented by Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce of the U.S. A host of products using miniaturized electronics will be produced in the next few years.
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| 1959
Anthropologist Louis S.B. Leakey's wife Mary discovers bone and tool fragments in the Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Africa. These suggest that Australopithecine Man lived more than 1.75 million years ago. The find greatly increases scientists' estimates of humankind's history.
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| 1959
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White is published. This book remains the "bible" for writing skills. Buy the book.
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| 1959
The Guggenheim opens in New York City.
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| 1959
Pulitzer prize awarded to James Agee for Death in the Family Buy the book!
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| 1959
The Sound of Music staring Mary Martin opens on Broadway.Buy the Broadway cast CD or Buy the movie cast CD.
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| 1959
Metrecal is introduced by the 59-year-old Mead Johnson Company of Evansville, Ind. as a weight reducing aid. It will be the forerunner of all other dietary products such as SlimFast and others.
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| 1959 Peaceful use:
12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica
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| 1959 Vote!
Swiss males vote against voting rights for women.
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| 1959
Presbyterian church accepts women preachers. Now that's progress!
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| 1959 Business:
There is a 51.8% business failure rate.Chart for 1946-1964
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| 1959
Vince Lombardi signs on to coach Green Bay Packers, a job he would hold until 1968. Lombardi took the losing Packers to winning back-to-back NFL titles in 1961 and 1962, and Superbowls I and II in 1966 and 1967. A great book about Lombardi, When Pride Still Mattered.
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| 1959
Groucho, Chico & Harpo Marx's final TV appearance together - on G.E. Theater with host Ronald Reagan.
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| 1959
Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released.
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| 1959 Civil Rights:
This year in the Civil Rights movement.
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| 1959
Alf Dean using a rod & reel hooks a 2,664lb, 16' 10" white shark. Getting it in is one thing, mounting it on the wall...
Japanese-Americans who renounced their citizenship in 1942 when they were placed in American prison camps under Executive Order 9066 regain full citizenship May 20 but receive no compensation for the losses they incurred as a result of their relocation.
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Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
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| 1959
Giants Stadium is renamed Candlestick Park.
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Fidel Castro gets control of Cuba.
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| 1959 Automoblies:
American will import 430,808 passenger cars.
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| 1959
There are 36,981 motor vehicle related deaths. While in the air, there were 8 accidents resulting in 125 fatalities.
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| 1959
Unemployment is 6.8%
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| 1959
U.S. GNP (Gross National Product) is $503.5 billion
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