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A
LOOK AT THE WORLD IN 1959 |
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In
The News In 1959
Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba.
Alaska is admitted as the 49th state.
Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500 stock car race.
Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India. Hawaii admitted as the 50th
state.
Soviet Premier Krushchev begins unprecedented visit to U.S. |
Entertainment
in 1959
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Salvatore Quasimodo - Italy
* Best Selling Fiction - Exodus, Leon Uris
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Twixt Twelve and Twenty, Pat Boone
* Best Picture - Ben Hur, MGM
* Best Director - William Wyler, Ben Hur
* Best Actress - Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
* Best Actor - Charlton Heston, Ben Hur |
Sport
champions in 1959
* MLB - Los Angeles Dodgers
* NFL - Baltimore Colts
* NBA - Boston Celtics
* NHL - Montreal Canadiens
* NCAA-Basketball - California
* KY Derby - Tomy Lee
* U.S. Open Golf - Billy Casper
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Neale A. Fraser
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Maria Bueno |
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