1959
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1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1959th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 959th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 20th c
January 8: Fidel Castro arrives in Havana
May 28: Miss Baker awaits launch.
July 24: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and USA Vice President Richard Nixon engage in the Kitchen Debate
August 7: Launch of Explorer 6
1950s
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The 1950s was a decade that began on 1 January 1950, and ended on 31 December 1959.
1959
…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. January 1 – Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance…
Korean War
Israeli troops preparing for combat in the Sinai peninsula during the Suez Crisis.
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. Castro becomes the leader of Cuba as a result of the Cuban Revolution
Gamal Abdel Nasser and Mohammed Naguib, leaders of the 1952 Egyptian revolution