January 29, 1959 (Thursday)
- Dense smog rolled into London, Manchester, and Birmingham at concentrations worse than the first day of the Great Smog of 1952. Unlike 1952, when 3,500 persons died, shifting winds dissipated the yellow cloud after three days.
- Buena Vista Pictures released Walt Disney's animated film Sleeping Beauty.
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