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1960 (20 images)



Scientist giving a vibration test to the Television Infrared Observation Satellite (TIROS) at the Astro-Electronic Products Division of RCA in Princeton, New Jersey on April 1, 1960. TIROS was NASA's first experimental step to determine if satellites could be useful to study the Earth. NASA celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Space Age marked by the October 4, 1957 launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, made by the Soviet Union. (UPI Photo/NASA/FILES)
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Andrei Gromyko (R), seen in this 1960 photo seated alongside Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev as the latter pounded the table at the United Nations in New York. (UPI Photo/Files)
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TEP60040501 - 6 FEBRUARY 1999 - TEHRAN, IRAN: King Hussein of Jordan (L) is seen here in a file photo with Shah of Iran at Tehran Airport after the Jordanian Monarch's arrival on his visit to Iran, April 1960. cc/File Photo UPI
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During his trip with Nikita Khrushchev to Indonesia late February 1960, Andrei Gromyko is seen here dancing with a woman from Bali. (UPI Photo/Files)
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