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  • Yugoslavia
    Sunday Jan 1, 1967
    Josip Broz Tito

    Yugoslavia was the first communist country to open its borders to all foreign visitors

    Yugoslavia
    Sunday Jan 1, 1967

    On 1 January 1967, Yugoslavia was the first communist country to open its borders to all foreign visitors and abolish visa requirements.




  • Washington D.C., London and Moscow
    Friday Jan 27, 1967
    Neil Armstrong

    The Signing of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty, and The Apollo 1 Fire

    Washington D.C., London and Moscow
    Friday Jan 27, 1967

    On January 27, 1967, the day of the Apollo 1 fire, Armstrong was in Washington, DC with Cooper, Gordon, Lovell, and Scott Carpenter for the signing of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty. The astronauts chatted with the assembled dignitaries until 18:45, when Carpenter went to the airport, and the others returned to the Georgetown Inn, where they each found messages to phone the Manned Spacecraft Center. During these calls, they learned of the deaths of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee in the fire. Armstrong and the group spent the rest of the night drinking scotch and discussing what had happened.




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