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In 1959…
World Series, Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2 games
In 1959…
The first Daytona 500 is run at the new Daytona International Speedway. Lee Petty, father to the legendary Richard Petty, came away with the trophy. As of the year 2002, there has been only one caution-free race, and that was in 1959.
In 1959…
The 1959 NBA Finals was the championship series of the 1958-59 National Basketball Association season, and was the conclusion of the 1959 NBA Playoffs. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion Minneapolis Lakers and the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics. It was Boston's third trip to the NBA Finals and Minneapolis's sixth. The Celtics swept the Lakers 4-0. (Wikipedia)
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