Yuri Gagarin: first human in space
1961 · Event
Vostok 1 makes Gagarin the first person to orbit the Earth.
On these timelines: Master, Russia & the USSR, Cold War
Around 1961
- The Beatles (1960)
- Events of 1968 (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- She Loves You (The Beatles) (1963)
- Watson and Crick discover DNA structure (1953)