Editing 1959 (section)

===March===
{{Main|March 1959}}
* [[March 1]]
** The {{USS|Tuscaloosa|CA-37|6}}, {{USS|New Orleans|CA-32|6}}, {{USS|Tennessee|BB-43|6}} and {{USS|West Virginia|BB-48|6}} are stricken from the United States [[Naval Vessel Register]].
** [[Archbishop#Eastern Christianity|Archbishop]] [[Makarios III|Makarios]] returns to [[Cyprus]] from exile.
* [[March 3]] – Lunar probe [[Pioneer 4]] becomes the first American object to escape dominance by Earth's gravity.
* [[March 9]] – [[Mattel]]'s [[Barbie]] doll debuts in the United States.
* [[March 10]] – The [[1959 Tibetan uprising|Tibetan uprising]] erupts in [[Lhasa (prefecture-level city)|Lhasa]] when Chinese officials attempt to arrest the [[Dalai Lama]].
* [[March 11]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 1959]], staged in [[Cannes]], is won for the [[Netherlands]] by "[['n Beetje]]" sung by [[Teddy Scholten]] (music by Dick Schallies, lyrics by Willy van Hemert).
* [[March 17]] – [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama]] escapes [[Tibet]] and arrives in [[India]].
* [[March 18]] – U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs the [[Hawaii Admission Act]], granting statehood to [[Hawaii]].
* [[March 19]] – The other two southern islands of the [[Maldives]], [[Huvadhu Atoll]] and [[Fuvahmulah]], join [[Addu Atoll]] in forming the [[United Suvadive Republic]] (abolished September [[1963]]).
* [[March 28]] – The [[Kashag]], the government of [[Tibet]], is abolished by an order signed by Chinese premier [[Zhou Enlai]]. The [[Dalai Lama]] is replaced in China by the Panchen Lama.
* [[March 31]] – The [[14th Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]] is granted asylum in [[India]].