Motown founded
1959 · Event
Berry Gordy's Detroit label creates a crossover sound that carries Black American music into the pop mainstream.
On these timelines: Master, Arts and Thoughts, USA
Around 1959
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Korean War (1950)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)