Welcome to the Class of 1959
Did You Know?
January 3 Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
January 5 The Bozo the Clown live children's show airs its first episode on television.
January 29 The movie Sleeping Beauty is released.
February 3 Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash
February 6 The Integrated Circuit is invented.
February 16 Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
February 17 First weather satellite is launched
February 22 Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
March 9 The first Barbie doll debuts.
May 4 The first Grammy Awards are announced.
August 21 Hawaii becomes the 50th state of the United States.
September 12 Bonanza, the first regularly-scheduled TV program that is in color, airs its first episode.
September 14 The first man-made object reaches the moon when the Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes into it.
September 15 Nikita Khrushchev is first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
September 19 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev is banned from visiting Disneyland.
November 2 After being struck in the face with a puck, hockey goalkeeper Jacques Plante wears a protective mask for the first time in professional play.
November 16 The Sound of Music, a Broadway musical, opens.
December 14 Berry Gordy founds the Motown record label in Detroit, Michigan.
Famous Birthdays
January 16 Sade (Singer)
February 4 Lawrence Taylor (Football Player)
February 16 John McEnroe (Tennis Player)
March 6 Tom Arnold (Actor)
March 8 Aidan Quinn (Actor)
March 9 Barbie's offical Birthday
March 12 Marlon Jackson (Singer)
March 18 Irene Cara (Actress and Singer)
March 22 Matthew Modine (Actor)
April 3 David Hyde Pierce (Actor)
April 15 Emma Thomspon (Actress)
April 20 Clint Howard (Actor)
April 21 Robert Smith (Singer)
April 27 Sheena Easton (Singer)
May 4 Randy Travis (Singer)
May 20 Bronson Pinchot (Actress)
May 22 Morrissey (Singer)
July 11 Richie Sambora (Musician)
August 10 Rosanna Arquette (Actress)
August 13 Danny Bonaduce (Actor)
August 14 Magic Johnson (Basketball Player)
August 21 Jim McMahon (Football Player)
September 23 Jason Alexander (Actor)
October 7 Simon Cowell (American Idol Judge)
October 15 Emeril Lagasse (Chef)
October 15 Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York)
October 23 Weird Al Yancovic (Comedian)
November 5 Bryan Adams (Musician)
November 28 Judd Nelson (Actor)
December 31 Val Kilmer (Actor)
Spencer High School Alumni
| Bob Arnott | bobarnott@qwest.net |
| Sue Burke (Waggoner) | poormom61@aol.com |
| Dean Combs | pac1945@msn.com |
| Homer Conley | handp@wirefire.com |
| Janet Connolly (Fowler) | janet.connolly22@yahoo.com
Jacksonville, FL |
| Rebecca Cottle | racottle@hotmail.com |
| Gordon Depew | gkdepew@earthlink.net |
| Dolores DesLauriers (Westfall) | WriteOnAZ@aol.com |
| Mike Farmer | mfarmer8613@charter.net |
| Carolyn Fluharty (Hensley) | cflu@zzzip.net |
| Zelda Goodwin (Stalnaker) | alleng@nortelnetworks.com |
| Linda Hageman (Love) | lindy59@locl.net |
| Dotty Hersman (Carpenter) | pokeydot41@hotmail.com |
| Tom Hersman | deceased |
| Karen McGary (Starcher) | cgnomes@aol.com |
| Michael McGary | cgnomes@aol.com |
| Jerry Morgan | jrmorgan@zeelink.net |
| Virgil Parsons | vpar2000@wirefire.com |
| Martha Pettersen (Lowe) | h.pettersen@worldnet.att.net |
Sondra Elmore Reger |
regers64@comcast.net |
| Cecil Charles Taylor Jr. | cec_pattaylor@verizon.net |
| David Vineyard | dvineyard@wirefire.com |
| Patsy Vineyard (McGlothin) | dvineyard@wirefire.com |
| Cynthia Ward (Nelson) | cnelson@inetplus.net |
