1961

LEADERS POLITICS
POPE John XXIII
US PRESIDENT Dwight David Eisenhower
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
ENGLAND Elizabeth II Windsor, Queen of Britain
FRANCE
NORWAY King Gustaf VI Adolph
SWEDEN King Knut Ericsson
Olav, King of the People
DENMARK King Frederik IX
RUSSIA Nikita Khrushchev
First secretary of the central committee
SPAIN Francisco Franco
1892-1975
dictator
Berlin Wall Erected (August 13)






SCIENCE ENTERTAINMENT

Yuri Gagarin is first man in space, April 12th.












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Last updated 28 OCT 1998
by Ed Penland