Around the world1962
The Cuban Missile Crisis
For thirteen days the United States and the Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war over missiles in Cuba.
11 Dec 1962 – 29 Jun 1975
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11 Dec 1962
Born
29 Jun 1975
Dies, aged 12
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Around the world1962
For thirteen days the United States and the Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war over missiles in Cuba.
Around the world · 1969People walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon, watched live on television by some 600 million people.
Around the world · 1960The pill. The first contraceptive pill went on sale in the United States, and soon around the world.
Around the world · 1968The protests of 1968. Students and workers took to the streets from Paris to Mexico City, Prague and Rio de Janeiro.
Around the world · 1961The first man in space. Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in Vostok 1: “The Earth is blue,” he said.