Editing 1959 (section)

===November===
{{Main|November 1959}}
* [[November 1]] – In [[Rwanda]], [[Hutu]] politician [[Dominique Mbonyumutwa]] is beaten up by [[Tutsi]] forces, leading to a period of violence known as the [[wind of destruction]].
* [[November 2]] – At a ceremony near [[Toddington, Bedfordshire|Toddington]], British [[Secretary of State for Transport|Minister of Transport]] [[Ernest Marples]] opens the first section of the [[M1 motorway|M1 Motorway]], between [[Watford]] and [[Crick, Northamptonshire|Crick]], along with two [[Spur route|spur]] motorways, the [[M45 motorway|M45]] and [[M10 motorway (Great Britain)|M10]]. Three decades of large scale motorway construction follow, leading to the rapid expansion of the UK [[List of motorways in the United Kingdom|motorway network]].
* [[November 15]] – The brutal [[Clutter family murders]] are committed in [[Holcomb, Kansas]], inspiring [[Truman Capote]]'s ''[[In Cold Blood]]'' (1966).
* [[November 18]] – Religious epic film ''[[Ben-Hur (1959 film)|Ben-Hur]]'', starring [[Charlton Heston]], which will be by far the highest-grossing film of the year and will go on to win a record 12 Academy Awards, premieres at New York City's Loews Theater in [[Ultra Panavision 70]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben-Hur (1959)|work=[[The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures]]|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/52827-BEN-HUR|access-date=2024-12-25}}</ref>
* [[November 20]] – The [[Declaration of the Rights of the Child]] is adopted by the [[United Nations]].
* November – The [[MOSFET]] (metal–oxide–semiconductor [[field-effect transistor]]), also known as the MOS [[transistor]], is invented by [[Mohamed Atalla]] and [[Dawon Kahng]] at [[Bell Labs]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.computerhistory.org/siliconengine/metal-oxide-semiconductor-mos-transistor-demonstrated/|title=1960 – Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) Transistor Demonstrated|journal=The Silicon Engine|publisher=[[Computer History Museum]]}}</ref><ref name="Bassett22">{{cite book |last=Bassett |first=Ross Knox |title=To the Digital Age: Research Labs, Start-up Companies and the Rise of MOS Technology |date=2007 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=9780801886393 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UUbB3d2UnaAC&pg=PA22}}</ref> It revolutionizes the [[electronics industry]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chan |first1=Yi-Jen |title=Studies of InAIAs/InGaAs and GaInP/GaAs heterostructure FET's for high speed applications |date=1992 |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sV4eAQAAMAAJ |page=1 |quote=The Si MOSFET has revolutionized the electronics industry and as a result impacts our daily lives in almost every conceivable way.}}</ref> becomes the fundamental building block of the [[Information Age]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Wong |first=Kit Po |title=Electrical Engineering|volume=II |date=2009 |publisher=[[Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems|EOLSS Publications]] |isbn=9781905839780 |page=7}}</ref> and goes on to become the most widely manufactured device in history.<ref>{{cite web |title=13 Sextillion & Counting: The Long & Winding Road to the Most Frequently Manufactured Human Artifact in History |url=https://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/13-sextillion-counting-the-long-winding-road-to-the-most-frequently-manufactured-human-artifact-in-history/ |date=2018-03-02|publisher=Computer History Museum|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Baker |first=R. Jacob |title=CMOS: Circuit Design, Layout and Simulation |date=2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1118038239 |page=7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kxYhNrOKuJQC&pg=PA7}}</ref>