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First man in space
The Soviet Union launches the first spacecraft to take a man into space, the name of the spaceship was Vostok 1 carrying Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin who was the first person to journey into outer space and completed an orbit around the earth in 1961 -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The United States armed forces were at their highest state of readiness ever and Soviet field commanders in Cuba were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if it was invaded. Luckily, thanks to the bravery of two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, war was averted. -
John F. Kennedy
JFK was fatally shot while traveling with his wife Nellie, United States House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded in 1978 that Kennedy was probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy. -
The Beatles' first Ed Sullivan Show
This was the date of The Beatles' record-breaking first live appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, at Studio 50 in New York City. 73million people were reported to have watched the first show. due to the large amount of viewers It supposed to be one of the largest viewing audiences ever -
Harold Holt
Harold Holt was an Australian politician and the 17th Prime minister of Australia. His Prime Minister years was ended in december 1967 because he disappeared while swimming at Cheviot Beach near Portsea, Victoria, and was presumed drowned.
