Abt 1961 - 1961 (~ 0 years)
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| 1 | 1955 | - 1 Nov 1955—30 Apr 1975: Vietnam War
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| 2 | 1961 | - 1961: Berlin Wall Built
- 12 Apr 1961: The first manned spaceflight was launched by the Soviet Union as a part of the Vostok programme of space exploration, with a cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on board.
- 5 May 1961: The United States became the second nation to achieve manned spaceflight, with the suborbital flight of astronaut Alan Shepard aboard Freedom 7, carried out as part of Project Mercury.
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