Mute Monday: 1961 – A Year in Pictures

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Farthings stop being legal tender in the UK

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JFK inauguration

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Ham the Chimp in space

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An infamous Nazi stands trial

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The first man in space

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A spot of trouble in Cuba

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The world’s greatest ballet dancer defects to the West

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I couldn’t find one of Lady Diana Spencer is a baby but she was born this year too.

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The first Ken doll put in an appearance in this year.

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Americans in space

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They started building the Berlin Wall

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The first performance of West Side Story

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In 1961 John F. Kennedy begins his term as the 35th President of the United States. (TOS: “The Cage”). He later gives his famous “Decision to Go to the Moon” speech. (TOS: “The Cage” remastered). Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy’s and Lyndon Johnson make the only contemporary presidential appearances in an original series episode, as images in the Talosian download of the ship’s computer.

Originally posted 2009-06-28 16:01:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter