The Challenge of the Sea influences NASA to introduce diving as part of astronaut training

Accident leaves Arthur Clarke semi-paralysed for weeks, but he makes a near total recovery

Arthur Clarke and diving associates discover a sunken Indian ship with a cargo of silver coins off the southern coast of Ceylon

Arthur Clarke and Stanley Kubrick start working on a ‘really good’ science fiction movie, which eventually becomes 2001: A Space Odyssey

Filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey in MGM studios in Borehamwood, England

2001: A Space Odyssey movie is released and the novel that arose from the same creative process is published during the year. Both become classics.

Arthur C Clarke joins Walter Cronkite on live television to cover Apollo XI’s first Moon landing on July 20