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    1959 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in October 1959: Aleksandr Alekseyev...
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    1959 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1959. 1959 (MCMLIX) was...
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    The 1959 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 8 October 1959. It marked a third consecutive victory for the ruling Conservative Party...
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    aggregate. 21 October 1959 20:00 CET Atletikstadion, Odense Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Włodzmierz Storoniak (Poland) 21 October 1959 20:30 CET Santiago...
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    A total solar eclipse occurred on October 2, 1959. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring...
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    of State for the Colonies in 1961. The Conservatives comfortably won the 1959 general election, increasing their majority in the House of Commons, following...
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    Chris Lowe (category 1959 births)
    Christopher Sean Lowe (born 4 October 1959) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, and co-founder of the synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys, which he...
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    Harold Macmillan (category UK MPs 1955–1959)
    July 1974, archived from the original on 3 October 2010, retrieved 31 January 2010 Lamb 1995, p. 62. "1959: Macmillan wins Tory hat trick". 5 April 2005...
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  • The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with Ben-Hur winning a record 11 Academy Awards. The top ten 1959 released films by box office...
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  • Torvill, English figure skater 1959 – Dylan Baker, American actor 1959 – Simon Cowell, English businessman and record producer 1959 – Lourdes Flores, Peruvian...
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