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February 16, 1959

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Headlines from February 16, 1959

GEROSA SEES DROP IN GENERAL FUND; URGES ECONOMIES; Amount to Be Carried Over Into '59 Fiscal Year Put at Lowest Since '42 GEROSA SEES DIP IN GENERAL FUND

By Charles G. Bennett

Gerosa estimates fiscal '60 gen fund at $603,758,228, compared with $622,032,228 for '59, rept to Estimate Bd and City Council; puts '59 carryover at $632,228, lowest since '42-43; urges NYC seek econ, not new revenue; low carry-over bars its use as source of relief from $141 million sought in new revenues; table on estimated gen fund revenues

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Notable Births

John McEnroe

1959John McEnroe, American tennis player and sportscaster[†]

John Patrick McEnroe Jr. is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 170 weeks, and as world No. 1 in men's doubles for 269 weeks. He is one of two male players to have held both No. 1 rankings, and the only one to hold both simultaneously. McEnroe was best known during his playing career for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities.

1959Kelly Tripucka, American basketball player and sportscaster[†]

Peter Kelly Tripucka is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 1991. He was a two-time NBA All Star and averaged over twenty points a game in five of the ten seasons that he played in. Tripucka played for the Detroit Pistons, Utah Jazz and was a member of the Charlotte Hornets during their inaugural season in the NBA. The son of NFL Pro-Bowl quarterback Frank Tripucka, Kelly was a color analyst for the New York Knicks for four years, ending with the 2011–12 season.

Historical Events

Fidel Castro

1959Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.[†]

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.

Historical Context for February 16, 1959

In 1959, the world population was approximately 2,965,950,351 people[†]