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    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.

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