sentence: july 24 , 1959 : nixon and khrushchev debate in kitchen exhibit july 17 , 1959 : homo habilis remains unearthed after 1,750,000 years in olduvai gorge july 5 , 1959 : sukarno decrees '' guided democracy '' , creates totalitarian state in indonesia the following events occurred in july 1959 : july 1 , 1959 ( wednesday ) a new standard for the yard and for the inch was adopted by the united states and britain .