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1961 Technology & Gadgets
Seattle finishes the Space Needle for the 1962 World's Fair. It was the tallest structure West of the Mississippi.
President
Kennedy announces the Apollo program to put a
"man on the moon" before the end of the decade.
The quasar is discovered by Allan Sandage at Mt Palomar. Still a mystery, they are 2 trillion times brighter than our sun (100 times brighter than the Milky Way), very very far away (so very very old), and thought to be galaxies in the throes of creation.
X-15 rocket plane reached a record altitude of 31.25 miles
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1961 Toys & Gadgets
Ken - Barbie's got a boyfriend! Barbie's got a boyfriend!
Duncan Yo-Yo began a 1961 Yo-Yo craze with the introduction of the plastic Yo-Yo which is little changed from today. First proof of the use of a Yo-Yo is from this Greek engraving circa 500BC.
Ray Krock opens 200th McDonald's in Southern California.
The First in flight movie is shown on TWA: By Love Possessed starring Lana Turner and Efram Zimbalist, Jr.
Though the first electric toothbrush was produced by Squibb in 1960, General Electric brought the first rechargeable cordless toothbrush to market in 1961. |
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The Year That Was
A retro, nostalgic multimedia journey through the years
Sixites - Counterculture - 1960s
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