The year was

1959

Here's everything we logged from 1959 — 2 worldwide and 1 from India.

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    Evo Morales

    President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019.

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    Mike Pence

    Vice President of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

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    Stephen Harper

    22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015.

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    Bryan Adams

    Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and photographer.

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    Ahmet Davutoğlu

    Turkish statesperson and writer.

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    Donna Strickland

    Canadian physicist, Nobel laurate.

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    Carlo Ancelotti

    Italian football player and manager.

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    János Áder

    President of Hungary from 2012 to 2022.

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Worldwide

  • tech

    Integrated circuit invented

    Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce independently invented the integrated circuit. Modern electronics began.

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  • science

    First photos of Moon's far side

    Soviet probe Luna 3 sent back the first photos of the Moon's far side. We finally saw the dark side.

India

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    Dalai Lama flees to India

    The 14th Dalai Lama escaped Tibet and was granted asylum in India. Dharamshala became Little Lhasa.