Help with flowers for algernon?

i've got to find out when in american history was flowers for algernon (not the novel, but the short story) was written.


any major events that happened in 1959 (when the short story was written) or any major events that took place a year or two before 1959 thats significant to the story?


link major events happening in america to the short story.


please list the website you got the info from too. its important you state your websites.


thankyou

Help with flowers for algernon?
Google the phrase, "in 1959," and you will come up with a ton of information.
Reply:I didn't know there were 2 books, so I don't know if this information is relevant or not.








Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes





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http://www.bookrags.com/notes/alg/





http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/algernon/





http://www.novelguide.com/FlowersForAlge...





http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monk...





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http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/algernon/t...
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The short story was published in 1959 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,





if you need events that happened around that time your best bet is search on google and then you can tie it to the main idea of the story. if you dont know the main idea look it up on sparknotes its there. hope this helps
Reply:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959#Events...





Also look up 1957 and 1958.





Good luck, I love that story.