The Golden Year: 1959
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1. The Golden Year: 1959
Juke Box Jury first aired on TV. At the height of its popularity in the Sixties, it pulled in a regular 12 million viewers.
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2. The Golden Year: 1959
The first Mini rolled off the production line, soon to become an icon of the Sixties and one of the best-known vehicles of the century
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3. The Golden Year: 1959
Charlton Heston as Judah Ben Hur from the 1959 epic "Ben-Hur".
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4. The Golden Year: 1959
On 3rd February 1959, the plane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens crashed at Clear Lake, Iowa killing all three stars and the pilot.
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5. The Golden Year: 1959
'Some Like It Hot', starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon was released in 1959.
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6. The Golden Year: 1959
Cliff Richard in 1959, the year he released Living Doll
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7. The Golden Year: 1959
President Dwight Eisenhower helps unfurl the new 50-star U.S. flag in Washington on August 21st 1959, after he signed a proclamation making Hawaii the 50th state of the union.
