When did the following event happen?
Construction on the Suez Canal is completed, linking the Mediterranean and Red Sea through Egypt.
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1959
Miles Davis' record 'Kind of Blue' is released, later to become one of the most influencial albums of all time to modern jazz, rock, and classical music.
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