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Events from the year 1959 in the United Kingdom.

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January – February

March – April

May – June

July – August

September – October

November – December

Unknown dates

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References

  1. ^ "1959: Fog brings transport chaos". BBC News. 29 January 1959. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/29/newsid_2506000/2506057.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-02. 
  2. ^ "1959: Macmillan and Khrushchev talk peace". BBC News. 23 February 1959. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/23/newsid_2752000/2752737.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
  3. ^ "1959: African activist flees to UK". BBC News. 7 March 1959. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/7/newsid_2780000/2780875.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-02. 
  4. ^ "Cow & Gate Limited". The Times. 1 April 1959. 
  5. ^ "1959: Dame Margot Fonteyn released from jail". BBC News. 22 April 1959. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/22/newsid_2938000/2938889.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-02. 
  6. ^ a b c d e Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0. 
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ "June anniversaries". The BBC Story. BBC. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/great_moments/archive/june.shtml. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
  9. ^ "1959: Hovercraft marks new era in transport". BBC News. 11 June 1959. Archived from the original on 6 January 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/11/newsid_4333000/4333329.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
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  11. ^ "1959: Harrods in £34m merger talks". BBC News. 22 June 1959. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/22/newsid_2960000/2960214.stm. Retrieved 2009-07-02. 
  12. ^ "1959: Anglo-US TV debate makes history". BBC News. 31 August 1959. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_3034000/3034678.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
  13. ^ "Community pays tribute to Auchengeich mining disaster victims". Kirkintilloch Herald. 11 September 2007. http://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/news/Community-pays-tribute-to-Auchengeich.3192264.jp. Retrieved 2010-07-14. 
  14. ^ "1959: Southend Pier fire traps hundreds". BBC News. 7 October 1959. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/7/newsid_3151000/3151625.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
  15. ^ "1959: 'Supermac' leads Tories to victory". BBC News. 9 October 1959. Archived from the original on 7 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/9/newsid_3095000/3095531.stm. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
  16. ^ Rees, Nigel (1987). Sayings of the Century. London: Unwin Paperbacks. ISBN 0-04-440080-2. 
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  19. ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 1959". http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1959/. Retrieved 2008-02-05. 
  20. ^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1. 
  21. ^ Harwood, Elain (2003). England: a Guide to Post-War Listed Buildings (rev. ed.). London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-8818-2. 
  22. ^ "Outsider who changed the City". Management Today. 1 November 1998. http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/search/article/411031/uk-outsider-changed-city/. Retrieved 2010-07-09. 

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