Month: January 1961

  • 1961 – Year Preview

    1961 – Year Preview

    East German Authorities close the border between East and West Berlin and construction of the Berlin Wall begins. USA finances anti-Fidel Castro Cubans for an invasion at the Bay of Pigs, which is an unmitigated disaster with most being killed. On 12th April the Soviets put the first man in space (Yuri Gagarin) followed by…