1959

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This article is about the year. For the song by The Sisters of Mercy, see the album Floodland.
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years: 1956 1957 1958 - 1959 - 1960 1961 1962
1959 by topic:
Arts
Architecture - Art - Film - Literature
Music (Country) - Television
Science and technology
Archaeology - Aviation
Meteorology - Rail transport - Science
By country
Australia - Canada - India
Ireland - Malaysia - New Zealand - Pakistan - Singapore - South Africa - UK - Wales - Zimbabwe
Other topics
Awards - Sport - Law - State leaders - Sovereign states - Religious leaders
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments - Disestablishments
Works category
Works

Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.

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[edit] January

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 January 2: Castro's guerilla troops
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January 2: Castro's guerilla troops
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  • January 4 - In Léopoldville 42 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the Abako party.


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 Feb. 3: Crash kills musicians
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Feb. 3: Crash kills musicians
 February 22: The first Daytona 500.




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[edit] Births

1959 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1959
MCMLIX
Ab urbe condita 2712
Armenian calendar 1408
ԹՎ ՌՆԸ
Chinese calendar 4595/4655-11-22
(戊戌年十一月廿二日)
— to —
4596/4656-12-2
(己亥年十二月初二日)
Ethiopian calendar 1951 – 1952
Hebrew calendar 5719 – 5720
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat 2014 – 2015
- Shaka Samvat 1881 – 1882
- Kali Yuga 5060 – 5061
Iranian calendar 1337 – 1338
Islamic calendar 1379 – 1380
Japanese calendar Shōwa 34

(昭和34年)

- Imperial Year Kōki 2619
(皇紀2619年)
- Jōmon Era 11959
Thai solar calendar 2502

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