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18 hours ago · In 1959, Alaska (3 January) and Hawaii (21 August) became the 49th and 50th states respectively of the United States. In 1959, Fidel Castro overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, establishing a communist government in the country. Although Castro initially sought aid from the US, he was rebuffed and later turned to the Soviet Union.
3 days ago · Plot In A.D. 26 [b] Jerusalem, Judah Ben-Hur, a wealthy Jewish prince and merchant, lives with his mother, Miriam, and younger sister, Tirzah. The family's steward, Simonides, has a daughter named Esther. Judah grants Simonides' request for Esther to marry a freeman and gives Esther her freedom as a wedding gift. Apart from childhood, Judah and Esther quickly fall in love. Judah's Roman ...
- $15.2 million
- Miklós Rózsa
- November 18, 1959
- Sam Zimbalist
Seán T. O'Kelly (until 24 June 1959) Éamon de Valera (from 25 June 1959) Taoiseach: Éamon de Valera (until 23 June 1959) Seán Lemass (from 23 June 1959) Tánaiste: Seán Lemass (until 23 June 1959) Seán MacEntee (from 23 June 1959) Minister for Finance: James Ryan ; Chief Justice: Conor Maguire; Dáil: 16th; Seanad: 9th; Events
2 days ago · On 29 March 2016, an original 1959 tapestry by Le Corbusier (2.18 x 3.55 metres), commissioned by Utzon to be hung in the Sydney Opera House and called Les Dés Sont Jetés (The Dice Are Cast), was finally unveiled in situ after being owned by the Utzon family and held at their home in Denmark for over 50 years. The tapestry was bought at ...
- 1 March 1959; 64 years ago
- NSW Government
- 20 October 1973; 49 years ago
18 hours ago · Crimea contains the longest (96 km or 59 mi) trolleybus route in the world, founded in 1959, stretching from Simferopol to Yalta. The trolleybus line starts near Simferopol 's Railway Station (in Soviet times it started near Simferopol International Airport ) through the mountains to Alushta and on to Yalta.
- 27,000 km² (10,000 sq mi)
- Ukraine
- 1,545 m (5069 ft)
- 2,416,856 (2021)
5 days ago · The 1958–59 European Cup was the fourth season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Reims 2–0 in the final at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 3 June 1959.
3 days ago · 1959. April 9 – NASA Group 1 – Mercury Seven (USA) Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton. The first group of astronauts selected by NASA were for Project Mercury in April 1959.
