Examples of using "1961" in a sentence and their english translations:
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The Berlin wall was erected in 1961.
After the wall was torn down, Berliners could view the two sides of Berlin at once for the first time since 1961.
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to pilot a spacecraft when he was launched aboard Vostok 1 by the Soviet Union.
In 1961, John F. Kennedy told Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
The year I was born, in 1961, women made up less than 40 percent of college students. Today, you earn almost 60 percent of college degrees, make up roughly half of the workforce. Back then, the pill was still illegal in some states. And today, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, birth control is free. In the old days, women actually needed a husband to open a credit card. Today, more women are choosing to be single—and all Americans are able to marry whoever they love.