Civil War. The period between 1861-1865 was the most one of the most devastating in American history, both in terms of its death toll and its impact on the American psyche. Learn about the war and the events that precipitated it with these resources and study guides. History & Culture. Top Five Causes of the Civil War.
The first person to travel in space was Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin (1934-1968). His achievement brought prestige to the Soviet Union. Gagarin orbited the Earth in the spaceship Vostok I, which was launched April 12, 1961, in a flight lasting one hour and forty-eight minutes.
August 30,1983 Dr. Guion Stewart âGuyâ Bluford, Jr. (who participated in four Space Shuttle flights between 1983 and 1992) became the first African American US astronaut to enter space (as a member of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger on the mission STS-8).