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Events

Politics

Economics

  • LPGObligation in the GDR is introduced

Science and technology

  • 2. January: The Soviet Satellites "Lunik 1"flies to Moon
  • 7. July 15.28Uhr MEZ: The planet Venus covered for the first time since that 11 September 1128 the bright fixed star Regulus. The rare event, itself only to 1. October 2044 will repeat, from astronomers to the diameter regulation of the Venus and for the investigation of the Venusatmosphaere one uses. [ 1 ]
  • 18. August: That "mini"(British small car) comes on the market
  • 13. September: One Soviet rocket reaches the moon and smashes there
  • 4. October: The Soviet space probe Lunik 3 one starts, around for the first time pictures of the earthturned away side of the Moon to make
  • 29. December: Richard P. Feynman its speech holds , which for the first time the possibilities that Nano-technology suggest

Culture and society

Disasters

  • 3. February: New York, The USA. A turbo-prop. airliner that American one Lockheed L-188 Electra fell during the landing at the end of the runway of the airport LaGuardia into that East River. Many survived initially the disaster, drowned however then in the ice-cold water. 65 persons died, 8 humans survived
  • 3. February: Varese, Italy. One Super Constellation that TWA, on the regular flight after Paris, France, became about 15 minutes after the start of Airport Milan Malpensa of lightning met. Subsequently, the treibstoff-Tanks exploded. All 68 humans on board died
  • 3. February: The Day the Music Died
  • 1. November: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One Lockheed Constellation the Germans Lufthansa, on a regular flight out Hamburg, Germany coming, fell with the approach flight because of poor visibility and violent rain briefly before the coast into the sea. 36 humans died, 3 could be saved
  • 1. December: Williamsport, Pennsylvania, The USA. A traffic machine fell during a landing abort. 25 dead ones
  • 2. December: into Southern France the concrete dam falls Mark-fit . Approx.. 421 humans died by the flutwelle

Sport

Entries of Leichtathletik world records see under the respective discipline under Leichtathletik.

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Nobelpreise

Music

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