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US fail to reach space publicly
Soviet problems were kept on a need-to-know basis.
Soviets ignored safety precations and ovetr 100 people were incinerated when the R-16 rocket blew up during repairs -
Britains population was just about 53 million
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The world population was just over 3 million
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Doc martins become "All the rage"
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Soviets beat US into space again-Yuri Gagarian became first human to obit earth. Ejected from capsule instead of landing with ship.
US follows suit just after with Alan Shepard on the Freedom 7 -
JFK became president of the United States
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Audio cassette invented
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first video game, Space War is invented
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Teddy boy suits become "all the rage" for men
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Mop top hair became all the rage
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Touch tone telephones invented
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Wigs become "all then rage"
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US launched the gemini into space with two astronauts to practice docking procedours before sending a man to the moon.
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the twigly look and fake eyelashes become "all the rage"
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Home tape recorder invented
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England won victory in the world cup, 1966
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Sergei Korolev dies, a great loss for the soviets. His identity had been kept a secret since his release from gulag.
A few days later 3 US astronauts died on the launch pad from a fire. -
Mini-Skirts become "all the rage"
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Paisly becomes "all the rage"
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Body art becomes "all the rage"
