360What happened in 1965?
5 moments from 1965 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 18 March 1965
Alexei Leonov makes the first spacewalk
On 18 March 1965, the Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov left his Voskhod 2 spacecraft and floated in space for about 12 minutes, tied by a tether. His suit ballooned in the vacuum, and he had to let out air to squeeze back inside. He later became a celebrated space artist.
- On this day · 19 April 1965
Gordon Moore predicts the growth of computer chips
On 19 April 1965, the engineer Gordon Moore published an article predicting that the number of components on a computer chip would double roughly every year, later revised to every two years. 'Moore's law' held for decades, as chips became ever smaller, faster and cheaper.
- On this day · 3 June 1965
Ed White makes the first American spacewalk
On 3 June 1965, the astronaut Ed White floated outside the Gemini 4 spacecraft for about 23 minutes, using a hand-held gas gun to move around. He enjoyed it so much that he was reluctant to go back inside, calling it 'the saddest moment of my life'.
- 1965 · from Telstar relays the first live television across the Atlantic
Early Bird, the first commercial geostationary satellite
- 1965 · from The 1960s: the first astronaut and the Moon landing
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