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-	*''[[The Shape of Jazz to Come]]'' by Ornette Coleman
-	*''[[How to Speak Hip]]'' by Del Close and John Brent
	*[[Island Records]] founded		*[[Island Records]] founded
	*[[Clement Dodd]] opens Muzik City		*[[Clement Dodd]] opens Muzik City
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		+	*''[[Drums of Passion (album)|Drums of Passion]]'' by Babatunde Olatunji
		+	*''[[The Shape of Jazz to Come]]'' by Ornette Coleman
		+	*''[[How to Speak Hip]]'' by Del Close and John Brent
		+	====Singles====
	*"[[Money (That's What I Want)]]"		*"[[Money (That's What I Want)]]"
	*"[[The Peter Gunn Theme]]"		*"[[The Peter Gunn Theme]]"

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Contents 1 Art and culture 1.1 Film 1.2 Literature 1.2.1 Non-fiction 1.2.2 Fiction 1.3 Music 1.3.1 Albums 1.3.2 Singles 1.4 Visual culture 2 Births 3 Deaths

Art and culture

• Exécution Du Testament Du Marquis De Sade

Film

• Plan 9 from Outer Space by Edward D. Wood, Jr.
• Eyes Without a Face by Franju
• Pickpocket by Bresson
• The Immoral Mr. Teas by Russ Meyer
• I Spit On Your Graves by Michel Gast
• Hiroshima mon amour by Alain Resnais
• Europa di notte by Alessandro Blasetti

Literature

Non-fiction

• Marchand du sel
• Hollywood Babylon

Fiction

• Emmanuelle
• Naked Lunch

Music

• Island Records founded
• Clement Dodd opens Muzik City

Albums

• Drums of Passion by Babatunde Olatunji
• The Shape of Jazz to Come by Ornette Coleman
• How to Speak Hip by Del Close and John Brent

Singles

• "Money (That's What I Want)"
• "The Peter Gunn Theme"
• "Jin-Go-Lo-Ba (Drums Of Passion)"

Visual culture

• 1959 Cadillac Eldorado, icon of 1950s excess

Births

• Kurtis Blow (1959 - )
• Marshall Jefferson (1959 - )
• Hisayasu Sato (1959 - )

Deaths

• Alfred Kubin (1877 - 1959)
• Sax Rohmer (1883 - 1959)
• George Antheil (1900 -1959)
• George Grosz (1893 - 1959)
• Boris Vian (1920 - 1959)
• Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)
• Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 – 1959)