The year was 1959
Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
Average Cost of a new house $12,400
Average Yearly Wages $5,010
Cost of gallon of Gas 25 cents
Average cost of a new car $2,200
First pictures of Earth from space taken by Explorer 6
Xerox launches the first commercial copier
U.S.S.R. Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon
The first known human with HIV dies in Congo
Bonanza premieres on NBC
Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba
Alaska becomes the 49th state
Hawaii becomes the 50th state
NASA introduces Americas first astronauts to the world including John H. Glenn Jr., and Alan Shepard Jr.
