January 27, 1961 — Soviet submarine S-80 is lost with all hands in the Arctic Sea
Originally launched on October 21, 1950 at Krasnoye Sormovo Factory in Gorky, the S-80 was a Whiskey Class submarine, and...
November 4, 2017
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May 25, 1961 — Kennedy pledges to put a man on the Moon by the decade’s end
It was a bold announcement at the time – at any time, really. When JFK addressed a joint session of...
October 29, 2017
June 1, 1961 — “Stranger in a Strange Land” is published
One of the most famous science fiction novels of all time, Robert Anson Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land” remains...
October 24, 2017
October 5, 1961 — “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” premieres
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is perhaps the single best known film of Audrey Hepburn’s career. Less well-remembered for it is the...
October 19, 2017
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