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Following release of the 1959 MGM film adaptation of Ben-Hur, which was seen by tens of millions and won 11 Academy Awards in 1960, book sales surpassed Gone with the Wind.
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Following a performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2, 1959, Holly chartered a small airplane to take him to the next stop on the tour.
Following Lisette's fall in February 1959 the opposition leaders Gontchome Sahoulba and Ahmed Koulamallah could not form a stable government, so the PPT was again asked to form an administration-which it did under the leadership of François Tombalbaye on 26 March 1959.
Following a two year campaign by women to change their circumstances, in 1959 Cayman received its first written constitution which, for the first time, allowed women to vote.
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Following the failed 1959 Tibetan uprising, the 14th Dalai Lama sought refuge in India.
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Following Eleanor's divorce, the two married in January 1959.
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Following the passage of this law, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1, 1959 the first official observance of Loyalty Day.
Following many years of promotions and relegations, Borussia won their first Oberliga title in the 1958 / 1959 season.
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Following a primary education starting in Algiers in the academic year 1958 / 1959 and ending in the academic year 1964 / 1965, Ouyahia followed a secondary education at the Lycee El Idrissi ( El Idrissi High School ) in Algiers starting from the academic year 1965 / 1966.
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