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1959 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.
Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 years p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 years p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 years p.m.a.), Mexico (100 years p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 years p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
The 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 [2] August 28–September 7 — The 1959 Pan American Games are held ...
Motown Records, a major force in discovering and promoting the music of numerous African-American singers and bands, was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in Detroit, Michigan, with the original name of "Tamla Records". [42] On April 14, 1960, in honor of Detroit, "The Motor Town", Gordy would rename "Tamla" and incorporate Motown Record Corporation ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
November 1959 events in North America (3 C, 1 P) December 1959 events in North America (2 C) C. 1959 events in Canada by month (7 C) M. 1959 events in Mexico by month ...
September 14, 1959: Soviet-launched Lunik 2 becomes first man-made object to land on Moon [1] September 27, 1959: Soviet Premier Khrushchev at White House to complete 11-day U.S. visit as guest of U.S. President Eisenhower September 18, 1959: The "jetway", first jet bridge, opens at Atlanta airport. The following events occurred in September 1959:
The following events occurred in August 1959: ... Major General Donald N ... Jr., 76, who directed American naval operations in the South Pacific Ocean during World ...