Editing 1959 (section)

===May===
[[File:Miss Baker in her bio-pack.jpg|170px|thumb|[[May 28]]: [[Miss Baker]] awaits launch.]]
{{Main|May 1959}}
* May – In the United Kingdom:
** [[Tariff|Import tariffs]] are lifted.
** The first [[Ten Tors]] event is held on [[Dartmoor]].
* [[May 2]] – [[1959 FA Cup Final]]: Nottingham Forest defeat Luton Town 2–1 at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].
* [[May 18]] – The [[National Liberation Committee of Côte d'Ivoire]] is launched in [[Conakry, Guinea]].
* [[May 21]] – ''[[Gypsy: A Musical Fable]]'', starring [[Ethel Merman]] in her last new musical, opens on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and runs for 702 performances. 
* [[May 23]] – In [[Laos]] the [[Laotian Civil War]] begins between the [[Kingdom of Laos]] and communist rebels, the [[Pathet Lao]].
* [[May 24]] – British Empire Day is renamed [[Commonwealth Day]].
* [[May 28]] – [[PGM-19 Jupiter#Biological flights|Jupiter AM-18]] rocket launches two primates, [[Miss Baker]] and Miss Able, into space from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] in the United States along with living microorganisms and plant seeds. Successful recovery makes them the first living beings to return safely to Earth after space flight.