CrashingTheGoalie

The Chicago Blackhawks won their last Stanley Cup in 1961.

It was the year that: John F. Kennedy was inaugrated as the U.S president; and “Freedom Riders” started a bus trip through the U.S. south.

The NDP was founded in Canada and construction started on the Berlin Wall.

Russian Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in space.

The Mercury-Atlas 5 was launched and Enos the chimp orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off of Puerto Rico.

Bobby Hull presented Enos with a replica of his Stanley Cup ring and Enos gave the Golden Jet his first toupee.