Historical Events in 1959
21 curated events dated to this year, and 46 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1959
Events dated to this year
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Great Chinese Famine During Great Leap Forward
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Cuban Migration to the U.S. Begins in Earnest
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Murder of the Clutter Family
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Pilkington Float Glass Process
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Publication of 'The Collected Poems'
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Cuban Revolution Overthrows Batista
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Dalai Lama's Exile and Tibetan Diaspora
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Final Collection Published
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The Mass Production of the Standardized Aluminum Beverage Can by Coors
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William Burroughs' Naked Lunch and Drug Literature
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Chinese Metric Standardization
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Discovery of Paranthropus boisei at Olduvai Gorge
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International Yard and Pound Agreement
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Sean Lemass Becomes Taoiseach
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X-15 Rocket Plane Flights
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Formation of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions
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Invention of the Hovercraft
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Satellite Era Dawn Precursor
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The Technical Innovation of the First Commercial Non-Stick Spray by PAM
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Xerox 914 Copier Introduction
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First Hovercraft Flight
Poets alive in 1959
46 poets
Poets in 1959
We don’t currently have any musicalized poets on V2Melody who were alive in 1959, but we’re always adding more — check back soon.
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