1959

Year

Entitycalendar year common year starting and ending on ThursdayQ5302

Instance of: calendar year
, common year starting and ending on Thursday
Part of: 1950s
, Gregorian calendar

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1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1959th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 959th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1950s decade.

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