Eventos de 25/05/1961 (Página 1 )

Nascimento

Futebol

Brasil Nascimento de Adenor Leonardo Bachi ('Tite' - técnico brasileiro de futebol)

Signo de Gêmeos

Brasil Inauguração do Museu Antropológico Diretor Pestana em Ijuí - RS

Inauguração

Antropologia

Idade nesta data : 54 ano(s) 8 mes(es) 28 dia(s) 25/05 Pesquise 25 de Maio/1961Pesquise o ano 1961

Título

Instituições

Brasil UFRJ concede título Honoris Causa para Albert Bruce Sabin

Frases ( 2 ) de Albert Bruce Sabin

+ 32 eventos de Albert Bruce Sabin

Espaços populacionais

Cidades

Brasil Instalação do município de Itaúna do Sul - PR (criado em 25/01/1961)

Idade nesta data : 43 ano(s) 11 mes(es) 26 dia(s) 25/05 Pesquise 25 de Maio/1961Pesquise o ano 1961

Política

Estados Unidos O presidente John Kennedy promete que o homem pisará na Lua antes do final da década

Frases ( 10 ) de John Fitzgerald Kennedy

+ 154 eventos de John Fitzgerald Kennedy

"On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade. A number of political factors affected Kennedy's decision and the timing of it. In general, Kennedy felt great pressure to have the United States "catch up to and overtake" the Soviet Union in the "space race." Four years after the Sputnik shock of 1957, the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had become the first human in space on April 12, 1961, greatly embarrassing the U.S. While Alan Shepard became the first American in space on May 5, he only flew on a short suborbital flight instead of orbiting the Earth, as Gagarin had done. In addition, the Bay of Pigs fiasco in mid-April put unquantifiable pressure on Kennedy. He wanted to announce a program that the U.S. had a strong chance at achieving before the Soviet Union. After consulting with Vice President Johnson, NASA Administrator James Webb, and other officials, he concluded that landing an American on the Moon would be a very challenging technological feat, but an area of space exploration in which the U.S. actually had a potential lead. Thus the cold war is the primary contextual lens through which many historians now view Kennedy's speech.
The decision involved much consideration before making it public, as well as enormous human efforts and expenditures to make what became Project Apollo a reality by 1969. Only the construction of the Panama Canal in modern peacetime and the Manhattan Project in war were comparable in scope. NASA's overall human spaceflight efforts were guided by Kennedy's speech; Projects Mercury (at least in its latter stages), Gemini, and Apollo were designed to execute Kennedy's goal. His goal was achieved on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong stepped off the Lunar Module's ladder and onto the Moon's surface.
In honor of Kennedy's historic speech, below are some documents and other information relating to the decision to go to the Moon and Project Apollo that we hope you find useful."
NASA

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Economia

Estados Unidos Dow Jones Industrial Average = 690.16

Morte

Execução

Inglaterra Execução de Victor John Terry

Japão Major General Jean E. Engler assume o U.S. Army Japan Commanding

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Militar

Reuniões

Política

Egito III Congresso dos Povos Africanos (Cairo - Egito)