1960s dates Flashcards
(18 cards)
1
Q
Cultural Revolution in china
A
1966
2
Q
Vietcong established
A
December 1960
3
Q
Diem murdered
A
2 November 1963
4
Q
JFK murdered
A
22 November 1963
5
Q
First human in space: Yuri Gagarin
A
12 April 1961
6
Q
Valentina Tereshkova in space
A
16 June 1963
7
Q
First man walks on the moon
A
20 July 1969
8
Q
First joint space mission: Apollo-Soyuz
A
1975
9
Q
Soviets detonated largest explosion ever seen
A
30 October 1961
10
Q
U2 Crisis
A
1st May 1960
11
Q
Paris peace summit
A
May 1960
12
Q
Bay of Pigs
A
April 1961
13
Q
Berlin Wall constructed
A
August 1961
14
Q
Cuban Missile crisis
A
October 1962
15
Q
Prague Spring movement
A
1968
16
Q
Vienna Summit
A
1961
17
Q
Peace movement in US- protests about Vietnam
A
1968
18
Q
Brezhnev doctrine
A
November 1968
