John F.Kennedy gives his moon landing speech
President kennedy delivered his moon landing speech to congress on may 25th 1961. In his speech JFK and the U.S set a goal to landing a man on the moon and sending him back safely to earth. with the soviets at a head start Kennedy to work diligently to the achivement of space travel because this could lead to our future on earth.
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built on August 13, 1961. This Wall completely cut off west berlin from East Germany and from Eastern Berlin. sometimes this wall was often referred to as the wall of shame in Western Germany. This wall was not destroyed until 1990. The destruction of this wall unified Eastern and Western Berlin.
The Cold War
The cold war grows in this era and really gave Americans a huge scare when the U.S found out that there were soviet missiles aimed at the united states.