| That was the year when...
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East Germany
was divided by the Berlin Wall |
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Yuri Gagarin became the
first man in space, orbitng the Earth aboard Vostok 1 |
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Old Western star Gary
Cooper died, aged 60 |
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Chubby Checker hit the
big time with 'The Twist' |
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Writer Earnest Hemmingway
committed suicide |
| In 1961 history changed as the space race
hotted and the Russians got the first man in space. Bob
Dylan appeared on the music scene and in Liverpool a band,
later to be called the Beatles had started to play together. |
| You Have been Watching... |
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West Side Story (Best film Oscar) |
