1959: Difference between revisions

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January 1 - End of the Battle of Santa Clara. Fulgencio Batista is overthrown as dictator of Cuba by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, who assume control of the country.
January 3 - Robert Byrd is elected to the United States Senate.
June 5 - Lee Kuan Yew is named the first Prime Minister of Singapore.
July 25 - At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, United States Vice President Richard Nixon and USSR Premier Nikita Khrushchev engage in the "Kitchen Debate".
July 31 - ETA is founded.
November 2 - Beginning of the Rwandan Revolution.
Unknown - Fatah is founded by Yasser Arafat.

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 *January 3 - [[Robert Byrd]] is elected to the United States Senate.
 *June 5 - [[Lee Kuan Yew]] is named the first Prime Minister of Singapore.
-*July 25 - The "Kitchen Debate" occurs between U.S. Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] and Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]].
+*July 25 - At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, United States Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] and USSR Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] engage in the "Kitchen Debate".
 *July 31 - [[ETA]] is founded.
 *November 2 - Beginning of the Rwandan Revolution.