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News Highlights of 1961 220919-01 | Footage Farm

323 views · Published 7 February 2014 · 6:25 · Indexed 25 September 2026

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Rioting on the streets of Cairo following Lumumba's death (Congo Independence Leader)
02:00:33: CU Fidel Castro making a speech in Cuba
02:0039: Crowds throng around Tshombe following civil strife in the Congo
02:00:46: US troops in Laos and South Vietnam
02:00:54: Street fighting in Algeria
02:01:05: John F. Kennedy sworn in as US President
02:01:26: JFK meeting with General de Gaulle in Paris
02:01:38: JFK in Vienna
02:01:53: JFK arrives in Britain, greeted by PM Macmillan.
02:02:02: UN HQ, New York, following death of Hammarskjold in plane crash; Hammarskjold on peace mission with troops in the Congo; UN flags at half mast
02:02:36: Yuri Gagarin given hero's welcome
02:02:54: USSR & US space race w/ Shepard & Grissom in sub-orbital flight
02:03:54: Berlin Wall built to stop people fleeing East Berlin; escape attempts
02:05:24: JFK addresses UN with peace manifesto.
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