Join the Durham Museum’s Mick Hale on Tuesday, Aug. 28 as he presents “50 Years Ago: Our World in 1962.”
When: Noon, employees are encouraged to bring lunch.
Where: Sorrell Center, Room 2018
A look back: A half-century ago, the space race was heating up and the Cold War was freezing over. Soviet missile bases discovered in Cuba triggered a crisis that brought the U.S. to the brink of war with the U.S.S.R. Civil rights activists won hard-earned victories against segregationists in the American South, and John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. Algeria gained independence from France and the U.S. slowly escalated its involvement in Vietnam. Meanwhile, Seattle held a World’s Fair called the Century 21 Exposition, celebrating the themes of space, science and the future.