America - 1961AD
In 1961AD:
Kennedy was inaugurated as the 35th U.S. president; Johnson became vice-president.
President Kennedy established the Peace Corps.
Astronaut Alan Shepard made the first U.S. suborbital space flight.
President Kennedy set a goal for landing a man on the Moon within the decade.
Roger Maris broke Babe Ruth's home-run baseball record with a season total of 61.
American writer Joseph Heller published the anti-war novel
Catch-22
.
Science fiction writer Robert Heinlein published
Stranger in a Strange Land
.
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