1961 Chocolates Simón : 25 Años de Vida Mundial



1961 Chocolates Simón : 25 Años de Vida Mundial

25 Años de Vida Mndial (25 Years of World Life) was published in 1961 by Chocolates Simón of San Sadurni De Noya, Spain. The card text and album descriptions are printed in Spanish. The 144-card base series showcases global events, athletes, political leaders, and technological advancements from 1935–1961. The collection includes nine additional oversized "Lamina" card panels, each measuring 16 x 20 mm. A similar card album was later released by Chocolates Simón in 1964 as Tres Años de Vida Mundial.

1961 Chocolates Simon : 25 Años de Vida Mundial #132 - Yuri Gagarin1961 Chocolates Simon : 25 Años de Vida Mundial #133 - Alan Shepard

The base collection includes illustrations of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, as well as Sputnik 1 and Explorer 1.

1961 Chocolates Simón : 25 Años de Vida Mundial - Lamina H - Wernher von Braun

Wernher von Braun is depicted on an oversized "Lamina" card panel. The background image is based on a NASA photograph of Mercury-Redstone 3, Freedom 7, during prelaunch activities on April 21, 1961. (NASA 61-4022)


The checklist not a direct translation of the card text. Identifications and corrections are included.

Checklist
1 Joe Louis
2 Jesse Owens
3 Ricardo Zamora
4 Fanny Blankers-Koen
5 Emil Zátopek
6 Gino Bartali
7 László Kubala
8 Sugar Ray Robinson
9 Antonio Ramallets
10 Alfredo Di Stéfano
11 Fausto Coppi
12 Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay
13 Guillermo Timoner
14 Miguel Poblet
15 Paco Goyoaga
16 Joaquín Blume
17 Federico Martín Bahamontes
18 John Konrads
19 Andrés Gimeno
20 Adolfo Consolini
21 Wilma Rudolph
22 Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright
23 Diego Rivera, The Schoolteacher
24 Ángel Ferrant
25 Franklin D. Roosevelt
26 Pablo Picasso
27 Chicago Lake Shore Drive
28 Juan Ramón Jiménez
29 Igor Stravinsky
30 Tennessee Williams
31 Church of Saint Francis of Assisi
32 Cathedral of Brasília
33 Charlie Chaplin, The Tramp
34 Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
35 Sabu, Elephant Boy
36 Harpo, Groucho, Chico Marx
37 Buffalo Bill
38 Mario Moreno, "Cantinflas"
39 Errol Flynn, The Adventures of Robin Hood
40 Pablito Calvo, Marcelino pan y vino
41 Mickey Rooney, Men of Boys Town
42 Clark Gable
43 Leslie Caron, Lili
44 Gary Cooper
45 Ben-Hur
46 Los peces rojos
47 Leopold II, Fabiola of Belgium
48 Wallis, Duchess of Windsor
49 Edward VIII
50 Fawzia of Egypt
51 King Carol II, Magda Lupescu
52 Leopold III, Princess Lilian
53 Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip
54 Farouk of Egypt, Narriman Sadek
55 Soraya Esfandiary
56 Aly Khan, Rira Hayworth
57 Olga Deterding
58
59 Elsa Maxwell
60 Zahra Aga Khan
61 Aga Khan
62 Bettina Graziani
63 James Dean
64 King Hussein, Princess Dina
65 Prince Rainier III, Grace Kelly
66 Elvis Presley
67 Josephine Baker
68 Brigitte Bardot
69 Queen Paola, King Albert II
70 Akihito, Michiko Shoda
71 Aga Khan IV
72 Princess Margaret, Antony Armstrong-Jones
73 Anne-Marie Rasmussen, Steven Rockefeller
74 Maria Callas
75 Marie-Luce Jamagne, Peter Townsend
76 Shah Mohammed Reza, Farah Pahlavi
77 Toni Gardiner
78 John F. Kennedy, Jaqueline, Caroline, John Jr.
79
80 Benito Mussolini
81 Adolf Hitler
82 Neville Chamberlain, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Édouard Daladier
83 Francisco Franco Bahamonde
84 Franklin D. Roosevelt
85 Normandy Landings
86 Japanese Surrender
87 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill
88 Nuremberg Trials
89 Claude Eatherly
90 George Marshall
91 Mahatma Gandhi
92 UN Headquarters
93 Berlin Blockade
94 Mao Zedong
95 Leopold III abdicates
96 NATO Headquarters
97 Juan Domingo Perón
98 Korean War, June 25, 1950
99 Abdullah I of Jordan
100 Mohammad Mosaddegh
101 Joseph Stalin
102 Farouk I of Egypt
103 Battle of Điện Biên Phủ
104 Algerian War
105 Fidel Castro
106 Germany, NATO 1955
107 Hungarian Revolution of 1956
108 Suez Crisis 1956
109 Dalai Lama
110 Pope Pius XII
111 Patrice Lumumba
112 UN, September 1960
113 John F. Kennedy
114 Hassan II of Morocco
115 Dag Hammarskjöld
116 Adolf Eichmann
117 Alexander Fleming
118 Selman Waksman
119 Jonas Salk
120 Tokyo Tower
121 Magic Hands
122 Test Able, Bikini Atoll
123 Albert Einstein
124 Julian W. Hill
125 Radio telescope
126 Auguste Piccard
127 Sputnik 1
128 Gerboise Bleue
129 Explorer 1
130 Heart transplant surgery
131 CERN
132 Yuri Gagarin
133 Alan Shepard
134 Bevatron
135 Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE)
136 Tazio Nuvolari
137 Langley Research Center
138 General Motors Firebird
139 Juan Manuel Fangio
140 VTOL concept
141 Tandem-rotor concept
142 Aircraft carrier
143 RMS Queen Elizabeth
144 Aircraft concept
Lamina
A 1951 Roller Hockey World Cup
B Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Gone with the Wind
C Le ballon rouge
D Coronation of Elizabeth II
E Fabiola of Belgium
F Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, Nikita Khrushchev
G Dwight Eisenhower, Queen Elizabeth II, Rajendra Prasad, Mao Zedong
H Wernher von Braun
I USS Nautilus (SSN-571)