1959
Decade's final year
1959 is the year between 1958 and 1960, notable as the year Alaska and Hawaii became U.S. states, Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba, and the Dalai Lama fled Tibet.
Like other years, it functions as a noun identifying a specific point in time: My parents met in 1959.
It also works as an adjective to date things from that period: a 1959 Cadillac.
When people reference 1959 nostalgically, they often invoke mid-century American prosperity and the tail end of the Eisenhower era.
Fifties rock-and-roll pioneer
- Ben-HurJudean prince turned slave
- Sleeping BeautyCurse-bound dormant royal
- Kind of BlueSeminal 1959 jazz recording
- BarbieFashion doll brand
Miles Davis · Some Like It Hot · Charlton Heston · Doris Day · Rock Hudson · Bonanza · Guggenheim
Cold War Soviet premier
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
- communismCollective ownership system
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- NATOWestern defense organization
Eisenhower · Warsaw Pact · Iron Curtain · Cuban Revolution · Castro · propaganda · espionage · KGB
First orbital spacecraft
- moonNatural planetary satellite
- SovietOf the USSR
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
probe · orbit · cosmonaut · astronaut · rocket · Explorer · Pioneer · space age
America's frozen northwest
- HawaiiPacific island state
- flagCloth symbol or signal
- admissionEntry or confession
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
Eisenhower · Pacific · Arctic · expansion · commonwealth · annexation
Residential areas outside cities
- LevittownPlanned suburban community, postwar
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
- drive-inVenue serving seated motorists
diner · tailfins · chrome · rock-n-roll · poodle skirts · doo-wop · Mad Men · middle class
Buddy Holly
Fifties rock-and-roll pioneer
- Ben-HurJudean prince turned slave
- Sleeping BeautyCurse-bound dormant royal
- Kind of BlueSeminal 1959 jazz recording
Miles Davis · Barbie · Some Like It Hot · Charlton Heston · Doris Day · Rock Hudson · Bonanza · Guggenheim
Khrushchev
Cold War Soviet premier
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
- communismCollective ownership system
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
Eisenhower · NATO · Warsaw Pact · Iron Curtain · Cuban Revolution · Castro · propaganda · espionage · KGB · CIA
Sputnik
First orbital spacecraft
satellite · probe · orbit · cosmonaut · astronaut · rocket · Explorer · Pioneer · space age · moon landing
Alaska
America's frozen northwest
territory · Eisenhower · Pacific · Arctic · expansion · commonwealth · annexation
suburbia
Residential areas outside cities
- LevittownPlanned suburban community, postwar
- consumerismPreoccupation with acquiring goods
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
drive-in · diner · tailfins · chrome · rock-n-roll · poodle skirts · doo-wop · Mad Men · middle class · baby boom
wine
Fermented grape beverage
Bordeaux · Burgundy · chateau · cellar · tannins · bouquet · varietal · winery · bottling · cork
1959antiquity
Great age, ancient era
ancient times · prehistory · prehistoric times · 2100 · medieval period