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Buddy Holly, Ben-Hur
Space Monkey, Mafia
Hula Hoops, Castro
Edsel is a no-go

1959 saw the birth of the Barbie doll, the famous quiz show scandals (later to be made into a film ), and the admission of Hawaii as the 50 ^th US state. But what else happened?