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1959 ( MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1959th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 959th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1950s decade.
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Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba.Alaska and Hawaiibecome the 49th and 50th states of the United States.February 3- American musicians, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash on their way to a concert, an event that would be known as The Day the Music Died.March 9 – the first Barbiedolls are issued.January 5 – Clancy Brown, American actorJanuary 22 – Linda Blair, actressJanuary 30 – Irina Pudova, Yakut ballerinaMarch 6 – Tom Arnold, American comedianFebruary 3 — Buddy Holly, singer and guitarist, Ritchie Valens, singer and guitarist, Jiles Perry “The Big Bopper” Richardson Jr. disc jockey and singer
The Gumby Show – Gumby is premiered The Zoops, Even Stevens, The Glob, Chicken Feed, Hidden Valley, The Groobee, The Witty Witch and Hot Rod Granny.
Advertisement for Myself – Norman MailerAdvise and Consent – Allen DruryThe Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz – Mordecai RichlerThe Children of Gebelaawi – Naguib Mahfouz"A Fool Such As I" – Elvis Presley"All For The Love Of A Girl" – Johnny Horton"(All of A Sudden) My Heart Sings" – Paul Anka"Among My Souvenirs" – Connie FrancisThe 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake in southwest Montana kills 28. Miles Davis' influential jazz album Kind of Blue is released. August 21 — Hawaii is admitted as the 50th and last U.S. state (see History of Hawaii). August 22 — American Football League founded by Lamar Hunt; August 28–September 7 — The 1959 Pan American Games are held in ...
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Leucippus was a Greek philosopher of the 5th century BCE. He is credited with founding atomism, with his student Democritus. Leucippus divided the world into two entities: atoms, indivisible particles that make up all things, and the void, the nothingness between the atoms.
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1959 in various calendars. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1959. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1959th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 959th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1950s decade.
The 400 Blows ( French: Les quatre cents coups) is a 1959 French coming-of-age drama film, [3] and the directorial debut of François Truffaut, who also co-wrote the film. Shot in the anamorphic format DyaliScope, the film stars Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, and Claire Maurier. One of the defining films of the French New Wave, [4] it ...
