by Richard | Monday, 1 January, 1962 | Timeline (Brochures Magazines), Timeline (News) |
1962 – Classic Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre) The Cold War continues to chill, and for a short time the world is on the brink of nuclear war and self destruction when the Russians place Ballistic Missiles in Cuba, just 90 miles from the coast of Florida....
by Richard | Sunday, 1 January, 1961 | Timeline (Brochures Magazines), Timeline (News) |
1961 – Classic Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre) 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...
by Richard | Friday, 1 January, 1960 | Timeline (Brochures Magazines), Timeline (News) |
1960 – Classic Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre) The cold war intensifies as USSR and the west become increasingly distrustful of each other, and a Russian missile shoots down an American U2 spy plane. John F Kennedy becomes US President. OPEC is formed by...
by Richard | Thursday, 1 January, 1959 | Timeline (Brochures Magazines), Timeline (News) |
1959 – Classic Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre). The Boeing 707 Jet Airliner enters service. Fidel Castro comes to power in Cuba, and the Dalai Lama is forced to flee Tibet. On 12th September the Soviet Union crashes the Luna 2 spacecraft into the Moon,...
by Richard | Wednesday, 1 January, 1958 | Timeline (Brochures Magazines), Timeline (News) |
1958 – Classic Rover P5 (3 Litre) and P5B (3.5 Litre). The USA’s first satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral, NASA is formed, and the first Microchip is envisaged by Texas Instruments in 1958. In Britain, the first transatlantic passenger jet service...