Sputnik launch
1957 · Event
Soviet Union puts the first artificial satellite in orbit; opens the Space Age.
On these timelines: Master, Science & Technology, Russia & the USSR, Cold War
Around 1957
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- The Beatles (1960)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Korean War (1950)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- People's Republic of China founded (1949)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)