Events of 1961
WORLD
The US broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Cuban forces kill or capture 1200 US supported invaders at the Bay of Pigs.
East Germany constructed the Berlin Wall to halt the flow of refugees to the west.
OPEC - Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Companies - was formed.
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.
Australian Rod Laver defeated Chuck McKinley in the Wimbledon singles final.
Main movies were West Side Story, The Hustler, La Dolce Vita.
Main books were Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and Henry Miller's Tropoic of Cancer.
AUSTRALIA
Australia began selling wheat to Communist China.
A woman was fined for 'being unusually dressed' wearing a bikini on Bondi Beach.
Australian doctor, William McBride, linked the anti-nausea drug Thalidomide to birth defects.
The US broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Cuban forces kill or capture 1200 US supported invaders at the Bay of Pigs.
East Germany constructed the Berlin Wall to halt the flow of refugees to the west.
OPEC - Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Companies - was formed.
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.
Australian Rod Laver defeated Chuck McKinley in the Wimbledon singles final.
Main movies were West Side Story, The Hustler, La Dolce Vita.
Main books were Joseph Heller's Catch-22 and Henry Miller's Tropoic of Cancer.
AUSTRALIA
Australia began selling wheat to Communist China.
A woman was fined for 'being unusually dressed' wearing a bikini on Bondi Beach.
Australian doctor, William McBride, linked the anti-nausea drug Thalidomide to birth defects.
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