On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to fly in space, reinforcing American fears about being left behind in a technological competition with the Soviet Union.

The organization became the ANC in 1923 and formed a military wing, the Umkhonto we Sizwe ( Spear of the Nation ) in 1961.

After World War II, the city became divided into East Berlin — the capital of East Germany — and West Berlin, a West German exclave surrounded by the Berlin Wall ( 1961 – 1989 ).

Interestingly, even after Southern Cameroons voted in 1961 to leave Nigeria and became a part of Cameroon, Bakassi remained under Calabar administration in Nigeria until ICJ judgement of 2002.

The Anglican Church of Australia, until 1981 officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, became self-governing in 1961.

When they decided to broadcast the programme, national transmission was changed from Wednesday and Friday at 19: 00 to Monday and Wednesday at 19: 30 and the programme became fully networked under this new arrangement from episode 25 on Monday 6 March 1961.

Sports dramas became inspiration such as The Hustler ( 1961 ) and Downhill Racer ( 1969 ).

In 1961, Eisenhower became the first U. S. president to be constitutionally prevented from running for re-election to the office, having served the maximum two terms allowed.

National Periodical Publications became publicly traded on the stock market in 1961.

In 1961, Jerry Bails ' Alter Ego, devoted to costumed heroes, became a focal point for superhero comics fandom and is thus sometimes mistakenly cited as the first comics fanzine.

In the February 1961 election, held under the new presidential system, M ' Ba became President and Aubame became Foreign Minister.

In the February 1961 election, held under the new presidential system, M ' Ba became President and Aubame became Foreign Minister.

Under the 1961 constitution ( revised in 1975 and rewritten in 1991 ), Gabon became a republic with a presidential form of government.

In the February 1961 election, held under the new presidential system, M ' Ba became president and Aubame foreign minister.

Clyne became chief minister until Eric Gairy was elected in a by-election and took the role in August 1961.

In 1961, Lord Dunrossil became the first and, to date, only Governor-General to die in office.

Between 1961 and 1963, while an undergraduate student, North became acquainted with the works of Austrian School economists Ludwig von Mises, F. A.

In 1961, the Beatles became famous by playing music in clubs in Hamburg.

Finland became an associate member of the European Free Trade Association in 1961 and a full member in 1986.

Goa was invaded by India in 1961 and became an Indian state in 1987 ; East Timor was abandoned in 1975 and was then invaded by Indonesia.

Haynes became the first player to be paid £ 100 a week, immediately following the abolition of the £ 20 maximum wage in 1961.

On 19 June 1961, Kuwait became fully independent following an exchange of notes with the United Kingdom.

When Kuwait became independent in 1961, Iraq claimed Kuwait, under the rationale that Kuwait had been part of the Ottoman Empire subject to Iraqi suzerainty.

Our meeting took place in May, 1961, during one of the Maestro's stop-overs in New York, before he left for Europe.

DeKalb's budget for 1961 is a record one and carries with it the promise of no tax increase to make it balance.

Yet with all their skills, the appeal of Mantle and Maris in 1961 comes down to one basic: The home run.

Agent Orange is the combination of the code names for Herbicide Orange ( HO ) and Agent LNX, one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U. S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971.

Ruth was the first player to hit 60 home runs in one season ( 1927 ), a mark first eclipsed by Roger Maris in 1961 with 61.

The only execution in Israeli history occurred in 1961, when Adolf Eichmann, one of the principal organizers of the Holocaust, was put to death after his trial in Jerusalem.

In 1983, antihero Len Fairclough ( Peter Adamson ), one of the show's central male characters since 1961, was killed off, and in 1984, Stan Ogden ( Bernard Youens ) died.

He taught psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison ( 1957 – 63 ), during which time he wrote one of his best-known books, On Becoming a Person ( 1961 ).

Stoiber attended the Ignaz-Günther-Gymnasium in Rosenheim, where he received his Abitur ( high school diploma ) in 1961, although he had to repeat one year for failing in Latin.

He hit 58 home runs in 1938, equaling Jimmie Foxx's mark for the most home runs in one season by any player between 1927 ( when Babe Ruth set a record of 60 ) and 1961 ( when Roger Maris surpassed it ).

Mr. Cole served only one term, after which the IAEA was headed by two Swedes for nearly four decades: the scientist Sigvard Eklund held the job from 1961 to 1981, followed by former Swedish Foreign Minister Hans Blix, who served from 1981 to 1997.

* Paintings ( 1961 ) for one flutist ( or recorder player ) and one pianist

It succeeded in the first but not the second: in the first Mercury mission on 5 May 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space ; however the Soviet Union had put Yuri Gagarin into space one month earlier.

In the first Mercury mission on 5 May 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space and the second person following Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union who flew one month earlier.

Since the team's first season in 1961, the Vikings have had one of the highest winning percentages in the NFL.

Though the concept of a shared universe was not new or unique to comics in 1961, writer / editor Stan Lee, together with several artists including Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, created a series of titles where events in one book would have repercussions in another title and serialized stories would show characters ' growth and change.

Neon ( Greek ( neon ) meaning " new one ") was discovered in 1898 by the British chemists Sir William Ramsay ( 1852 – 1916 ) and Morris W. Travers ( 1872 – 1961 ) in London.

" Meet the Mets " is the Mets ' signature song, written in 1961, one year before the first season, by Bill Katz and Ruth Roberts.

Another measure of the difference between these two similarly named but very distinct awards is their per-capita frequency of award: from 1946 to 1961 the average annual incidence of award of the Medal of Freedom was approximately 1 per every 86, 500 adult U. S. citizens ; from 1996 to 2011 the average annual incidence of award of the Presidential Medal of Freedom was approximately 1 per every 20, 500, 000 adult U. S. citizens ( so on an annualized per capita basis, about 240 Medals of Freedom have been awarded per one Presidential Medal of Freedom ).

MIT's CTSS, one of the first time sharing systems, was introduced in 1961.

The 1961 / 62 Australian season was purely a domestic one, with no touring international team.

The Chargers only spent one season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961.

As a result, one of SAC's EC-135 Looking Glass aircraft was constantly airborne from 1961 until the dissoultion of the Soviet Union and the de facto end of the Cold War in 1990.

In the 1960s adjustable buoyancy life jackets ( ABLJ ) for aqualung-type scuba became available ; one early make, since 1961, was Fenzy.