January -
GUS TAMES A TOUGH BIRD
February - GUS
LOOKS INTO A TRUNKFUL OF TROUBLE
March -
GUS MEETS WITH RESISTANCE
April -
GUS REPAIRS A FRIENDSHIP
May -
GUS KEEPS A LADY IN LINE
June -
GUS SEPARATES THE MEN FROM THE
BOYS
July -
GUS HELPS LAND A BIG CATCH
August -
GUS CURES THE BIG-CAR BLUES
September -
GUS MAKES A FAST GETAWAY
October -
GUS PULLS THE SWITCH ON MURDER
November -
GUS GOES TO THE MOVIES
December -
GUS PLAYS A DIPLOMATIC ROLE
In the News...
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U.S. breaks diplomatic
relations with
Cuba (Jan. 3).
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Robert Frost recites
“The Gift Outright” at
John F. Kennedy's
inauguration as president of
U.S. (Jan. 20).
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Moscow announces putting
first man in orbit around
Earth, Maj.
Yuri A. Gagarin
(April 12). |
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Cuba invaded at
Bay of Pigs by an
estimated 1,200 anti-Castro
exiles aided by U.S.;
invasion crushed (April
17). |
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First U.S. spaceman, Navy
Cmdr.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.,
rockets 116.5 miles up in
302-mile trip (May 5).
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Virgil Grissom becomes
second American astronaut,
making 118-mile-high,
303-mile-long
rocket flight over
Atlantic (July 21).
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Gherman Stepanovich Titov is
launched in
Soviet spaceship
Vostok II: makes 171/2
orbits in 25 hours, covering
434,960 miles before landing
safely (Aug. 6).
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East Germans erect Berlin
Wall between East and West
Berlin to halt flood of
refugees (Aug. 13).
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USSR fires 50-megaton
hydrogen bomb, biggest
explosion in history
(Oct. 29). |
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There are 2,000 U.S.
military advisers in South
Vietnam. |
