1959 (18 images)

Singers Frank Sinatra (left) and Bing Crosby enjoy a drink together 9/5/1959. (UPI Photo)

Fidel Castro is pictured in a January 1959 file photo in Havana, Cuba a few weeks after his triumphant victory over Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. (UPI Photo/FILE)

Fidel Castro, leader of the revolutionary group which overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista is pictured in a January 1959 file photo in Havana, Cuba. (UPI Photo/FILE)

President Dwight Eisenhower talks with West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt at the White House in Washington on February 11, 1959. Eisenhower promised Brandt the U.S. will “defend” the German city against any destructive efforts by the Communists. (UPI Photo/Files)