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I cannot provide an accurate overview based on only "year" as context, since 1959 was significant in many different ways—politically, culturally, scientifically, and otherwise—and I don't know which aspects you want emphasized. To write a helpful overview, I would need more information about what specific events, developments, or significance you're interested in learning about.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- common year starting and ending on Thursday
- Part of
- Gregorian calendar
- Has part
- January 1959
- Followed by
- 1960
- Follows
- 1958
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Article
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1959 (MCMLIX) 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.