My year 1965

Prague and the whole of Czechoslovakia are alive with the Spartakiad and the presidential election. Reformer Ota Šik promises to save the economy, the borders are opening to tourists from the West and a sense of liberalisation can be felt in the streets and in culture. Then a major flood hits Slovakia. In cinemas, The White Lady, Loves of a Blonde, and the Oscar-winning The Shop on Main Street are shining, Bratislava welcomes Allen Ginsberg and Prague welcomes Louis Armstrong. Sport is ruled by Nepela, Dzurilla, Golonka, and the NHL wants Nedomanský.