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There was plenty going on in the world in 1959 - the year Fidel Castro rose to power in Cuba.
Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states of the USA, Barbie dolls were sold for the first time and Ben-Hur was released in cinemas.
In Britain the Mini motor car was released, postcodes were introduced and the first episode of Juke Box Jury aired on the BBC.
Meanwhile in Scotland the Chapelcross nuclear power station opened, 47 people died in the Auchengeich mining disaster, and Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr was born.
Here are 23 pictures to take you back to that time.
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18. Trio
Kenneth McKellar, Elizabeth Robson and Jimmy Shand at the Leith Town Hall Scottish concert in 1959. | TSPL
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19. A big splash
Children on their summer holidays enjoying Portobello open air pool in 1959. | TSPL
20. Chair
Nicholas Fairbairn, chair of the Duddingston Village Preservation Society which was formed in 1959. | TSPL