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- From top to bottom, left to right: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space aboard Vostok 1, intensifying the Space Race; the Tsar Bomba is detonated by the Soviet Union, the most powerful nuclear test ever; the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion sees U.S.-backed exiles attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro; the Berlin Wall is built by East Germany, dividing the city during the Cold War and heightening the Berlin Crisis of 1961; Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is assassinated; Sabena Flight 548 crashes near Brussels, killing the U.S. figure skating team; the Freedom Riders face violent attacks in Alabama; the Eritrean War of Independence begins; and the Portuguese Colonial War erupts in Africa. (en)
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