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The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter space – a dog named Laika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Treaty of Rome (the EEC European Economic Community) is formed, creating a common market between the six founding countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Future astronaut John Glenn sets the transcontinental speed record<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-10138","j75journey","type-j75journey","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n1957 - USSR launches Sputnik 1 - Abdul Latif Jameel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1957 - USSR launches Sputnik 1 - Abdul Latif Jameel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sputnik 1 – the first artificial Earth satellite – was launched by the Soviet Union into an elliptical low Earth orbit on October 4, 1957.  It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then silently for two more months before it fell back into the atmosphere.  This event kicked-off the superpower ‘Space Race’. 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