The Race to the Moon By jamiegaynor Oct 4, 1957 Russian satellite Sputnik launched Jan 1, 1959 Fidel Castro seizes power after overthrow of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista Apr 12, 1961 Yuri Gregarin of the Soviet Union becomes first man in space Apr 17, 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba fails May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard becomes first American man in space Aug 13, 1961 Berlin Wall erected Oct 14, 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5ZzL9KsyPY Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn becomes first American to orbit the earth. Sep 12, 1962 President John Kennedy delivers speech on American Space Efforts [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYb_mhiE-qU] Jun 16, 1963 Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union becomes first woman in space. Nov 22, 1963 President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas,Texas. Lyndon Johnson becomes 36th President of the United States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quk22UjE-QI Jul 1, 1965 150,000 US troops sent to Vietnam Jan 27, 1967 Astronauts Grissom, Chaffee and White are killed in Apollo 1 launch pad disaster. Jan 31, 1968 Tet Offensive marks turning point in public support of Vietnam War http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnam-war-history/videos/tet-offensive-surprises-americans Apr 4, 1968 Reverend Martin Luther King is assassinated. Jun 6, 1968 Robert Kennedy is assassinated. Dec 21, 1968 Apollo 8 successfully orbits the moon. Jul 16, 1969 Apollo 11 launches at Cape Canaveral, Florida Jul 20, 1969 Apollo 11 lands on surface of the moon. Astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZb2mqId0A
