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Major News Stories - the Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records, First

Concorde test flight is conducted In France, Woodstock attracts more than 350,000 rock-n-roll fans,

Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder five people, the first man is landed on the moon on the

Apollo 11 mission by the U.S. and Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin became the first humans to set

foot on the Moon.◘

Major News Stories - Dr. Christian Barnard performs the first successful heart transplant,

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the first Big Mac goes on sale in McDonalds costing 49 cents,

Boeing 747 made its maiden flight, Emergency 911 Telephone service is started in the USA, Prague

Spring in Czechoslovakia.◘

Major News Stories - Worlds First Heart Transplant, the first ATM, the first Super Bowl played

between Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs, Six Day War Arab Forces attack Israel beginning

the Yom Kippur War.◘

Major News Stories - Worlds first vertical Jump Jet the Harrier is introduced, English Channel

Hovercraft service begins, China's Cultural Revolution Begins, Miniskirts are in fashion, Aberfan disaster in

South Wales, Vietnam War international days of protest.◘

Major News Stories - Mini Skirt appears in London, Operation Rolling Thunder Launched In

Vietnam.◘

Major News Stories - the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law, the Beatles hold the top five

positions in the Billboard Top 40 singles in America, First pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, is

established, Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton for the first time, U.S. Surgeon General reports that

smoking may lead to lung cancer, Mods and Rockers fight at British Seaside Resorts.◘

Major News Stories - Start of Beatlemania, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I have a dream"

speech, President John F Kennedy assassinated.◘

Major News Stories - Telstar first live trans-Atlantic television signal, First Beatles single "Love Me

Do" released, Oral Polio Vaccine used to combat Polio, Marilyn Monroe is found dead, Cuban Missile Crisis

takes world to brink of war, John H. Glenn, Jr., becomes first American to orbit the earth.◘

Major News Stories - Yuri Gagarin is the first human in space, Alan Shepard makes first US Space

Flight, Peace Corps is established by John F. Kennedy, Construction of the Berlin Wall begins, IBM

introduces Golf Ball Typewriter, Pampers the first disposable diaper introduced, US Cuban Exiles and CIA

mount unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Castro known as the Bay of Pigs, UN General Assembly

condemns Apartheid.◘

Major News Stories - US Enters Vietnam War, the IRA starts it's fight against the British, John F

Kennedy wins presidential Election, Chubby Chequer and the twist start a new dance craze, Soviet missile

shoots down the US U2 spy plane, Aluminum Cans used for the first time, the US announces 3,500

American soldiers are going to be sent to Vietnam, Xerox introduces the first photocopier, Fidel Castro

nationalises American Oil, sugar and other US interests in Cuba, OPEC ( Organization of Petroleum

Exporting Countries ) is formed.◘

1960s News &

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1960 World 1960 the cold war continued to become colder as the two sides

distrusted the other more and tried to influence other parts of

the world. John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson won the

Presidency . the sexual revolution of the 60's had begun with the

use of birth control pills and Hugh Hefner opening the first of his

Playboy clubs in Chicago. the "Flintstones" is shown on television

for the first time and movies this year include "The Magnificent

Seven" and "Psycho" . Notable technical achievements include

the invention of the Laser and a Heart Pacemaker. France tests

its first atomic bomb and joins those countries with nuclear

bomb technology. Notable names that appear in the limelight

that year include "Cassius Clay" and "Sir Francis Chichester" . the

US sends the first troops to Vietnam following the French

withdrawal in 1954 in the fight against communist North

Vietnam.

OPEC -- Created

OPEC ( Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ) is formed

during meeting in Baghdad, Iraq

Egypt - Aswan High Dam

Construction on the Aswan High Dam in Egypt began during

January. the 364 feet tall by 12,562 feet long dam was built

across the Nile river and it was completed in 1970 at a cost of

about $1 billion.

USA - Pioneer 5 Spacecraft

NASA launches the Pioneer 5 space probe on March 11th. the

purpose of its mission was to travel between the orbits of Earth

and Venus in order to gather information about deep space

between the two planets. the space craft measured the

interplanetary magnetic field and gathered information about

ionization and solar flare particles. It successfully completed its

mission and stopped transmitting data back to Earth by April of

that year. In June, Pioneer 5 was able to establish

communications with Earth at a then record 22.5 million miles

away, but contact with the craft was lost after that point.

Brazil -- Brasilia

The new capital city of Brazil Brasilia is officially inaugurated on

April 21,

UK -- CND / Ban the Bomb

100,000 Join "Ban the Bomb" Rally on April 18th in London

CND is still an outspoken organization against nuclear, chemical

or biological weapons but following the end of the cold war and

agreements by the super powers to limit nuclear arms

proliferation public support is not as strong as it was.

Italy - Rome Olympics

The Summer Olympics are held in Rome, Italy.

What Happened in 1960 Important News and Events, Key

Technology and Popular Culture

1960 in Australia Events in Australia 7 March – Arthur Calwell becomes leader of the Australian Labor

Party.

10 June – A TAA Fokker Friendship, Abel Tasman, crashes at

Mackay, Queensland, killing 29 persons. To date (2009), this

remains the worst loss of life in a peacetime air crash in

Australia.

7 July – An eight-year-old schoolboy, Graeme Thorne, is

kidnapped in Sydney, apparently to extort money from his

parents who had recently won the Sydney Opera House lottery.

19 July – First reported skyjacking/hijacking in the world Trans

Australia Airlines Flight 408

14 October – The Warragamba Dam is opened by the Premier of

New South Wales.

Science and technology Frank Macfarlane Burnet is announced joint winner of the Nobel

Prize for Medicine◘

Arts and literature

Frank Macfarlane Burnet is announced as the inaugural winner

of the Australian of the Year

Judy Cassab wins the Archibald Prize

The Irishman by Elizabeth O'Conner wins the Miles Franklin

Literary Award◘

Television The introduction of Television in 1956 saw that cinema

audiences halved. Television led to an increase in home

entertainment. It changed the patterns of leisure and exposed

Australians more than ever before to other cultures.

15 January – The 2nd Annual Logie Awards are held the Savoy

Hotel in Brighton, Victoria, although they are not televised.

Graham Kennedy wins the "Star of the Year" (Gold Loogie)

award.◘

Film Theatres and cinemas were popular venues for Australians.

America was the biggest influence in Film because of Hollywood.

Britain also played a role in influencing Australian Film making. ◘

Music

Music was diverse during this time. People listened to classical

and opera; jazz and blues; folk Music and pop Music. Australian

Musicians and singers also made it into world stages. Popular

Music was often connected with social protest movement and

civil rights and campaigns. Peace, freedom, choice and

difference were strong themes. Ballet was popularized in

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These were the first games to be fully covered on television.

A total of 83 countries sent over 5,000 athletes to participate in

the 150 sporting events.

the Soviet Union, U.S., and Italy won the most medals.

These games were also notable because the city of Rome

decided to restore and use some of their ancient sites to

host certain events, providing a more interesting backdrop

for these particular games.

Vietnam -- Vietnam War

The U.S. announces that 3,500 American soldiers are going to

be sent to Vietnam

The Vietnam conflict had it's history in the original French Control

of the region which changed to U.S. support following French

withdrawal, Together with distrust by both sides during the cold

war and successive US Presidents starting with Dwight D.

Eisenhower believing in the Domino Theory / Effect that if one

country fell to communism each country with borders would be

more likely to fall, combined with the financial / Military backing

of the Soviet Union and China of North Vietnam. Over the next

few years the war escalated on both sides eventually ending in

1973 when the US pulled out of Vietnam following a North

Vietnam Victory

USA - Psycho Film Premieres The classic suspenseful horror film “Psycho” premiered on June 16th in New York City. the film was produced and directed by legendary film maker Alfred Hitchcock and it was considered the mother of modern slasher films. It starred Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, and Martin Balsam. It was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Supporting Actress for Janet Leigh. the plot revolved around a psychologically disturbed motel owner and his Mother and the mystery surrounding the murder of a motel guest. It was based

on the 1959 book with the same title by Robert Bloch.

USA - To Kill a Mockingbird Published

The classic American novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee

was published on July 11th. It was Lee’s first novel and was an

immediate success, earning her critical acclaim and a Pulitzer

Prize the following year. the themes of the novel revolved around

morality, racial injustice, courage, and the loss of innocence. the

plot focused on the trial of a falsely accused black man and the

characters were loosely based Lee’s own small town growing up

in the segregated South during the Great Depression. In 1962, it

was turned into a successful Academy Award-winning film

starring Gregory Peck.

Soviet Union -- U2 Plane Shot Down

Soviet missile shoots down the US U2 spy plane

The U2 incident and subsequent bad publicity for the U.S.

helped accelerate the use of spy satellites for reconnaissance by

the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the 60's and the cold war.

Food shortages in East Germany Following major food shortages in East Germany 160,000

refugees cross to West Germany, Nikita Khrushchev orders the

construction of the Berlin Wall

Australia but both ballet and opera continued to appeal to small

minorities of the population. America had an enormous influence

on Australian Music, and American Musicians tended to

consistently top the 'pop' charts in Australia. A lot of people were

listening to American Music.

Top 10 Hits

"It's Now or Never" - Elvis Presley

"Boom Boom Baby" - Crash Craddock

"He'll Have to Go" - Jim Reeves

"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" / "I Gotta Know" - Elvis Presley

"Clap Your Hands" - The Beau Marks

"Just a Closer Walk with Thee" - Jimmie Rodgers

"Save the Last Dance for Me" - The Drifters

"Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport" - Rolf Harris

"What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For?" - Emile Ford

and The Checkmates

"My Old Man's a Dustman" - Lonnie Donegan ◘

Births 4 January – Gavin Miller, rugby league player

18 January – Graham Jennings, Footballer

21 January – Jennifer Keyte, journalist

22 January – Michael Hutchence, singer (died 1997)

23 January – Greg Ritchie, Cricketer

29 January – J.G. Thirlwell, singer-songwriter and producer

4 March – Larry Sengstock, basketball player

29 March – Wayne Pearce, rugby league Footballer and coach

19 April – Roger Merrett, Australian rules Footballer

20 April – Debbie Flintoff-King, athlete

4 May – Andrew Denton, Television presenter

12 May – Lisa Martin, athlete

21 May – Mark Ridgway, Cricketer

26 May – Dean Lukin, weightlifter

3 June – Tracy Grimshaw, Television presenter

3 June – Carl Rackemann, Cricketer

16 June – Peter Sterling, rugby league commentator/former

player

30 June – Murray Cook, Musician

8 July – Mal Meninga, rugby league Footballer

4 August – Tim Winton, writer

13 August – Michael Richmond, ice speed skater

14 August – Edi Krncevic, soccer player

27 September – Ray Williams, politician

28 September – Gary Ayres, Australian rules Footballer

3 October – Michael Parsons, basketball player and Australian

rules Footballer (died 2009)

15 October – Darryl Pearce, basketball player

24 October – Ian Baker-Finch, Golfer

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Northern Ireland - IRA

The Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) starts it's fight against the

British

South Africa - Sharpeville

Afrikaner police open fire with sub machine guns on

demonstrators March 21stin the black township of Sharpeville,

South African

Chile - one of the greatest earthquakes on

record Chile subduction fault ruptures from Talcahuano to Peninsula

de Taitao, loosing a tsunami and one of the greatest

earthquakes on record

U.S. - Gypsy Moth 11

Sir Francis Chichester arrives in New York aboard Gypsy Moth 11

- he has made a record solo Atlantic crossing in 40 days

Hurricane Donna

Hurricane Donna forms on August 31st and batters the

Caribbean and Eastern U.S. until mid-September.

American Heart Association

The American Heart Association links smoking to heart disease

and death in middle-aged men.

UK - Princess Margaret

Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong Jones

Cuba - Fidel Castro nationalises everything

Fidel Castro nationalises American Oil, sugar and other US

interests in Cuba.

Sri Lanka - Female Prime Minister

The Worlds First Female Prime Minister Is Elected Mrs Sirimavo

Bandaranaike Ceylon / Sri Lanka

U.S. - USS Enterprise

The U.S. launches the world's first nuclear powered Aircraft

Carrier the USS Enterprise.

U.S. - Winter Olympic Games The Winter Olympic Games are held in Squaw Valley, California,

U.S.

Togo - Independence

Togo Gains Independence from France

Central African Republic - Independence

Central African Republic Gains Independence from France

Morocco - Agadir Tidal Wave

Tidal Wave at Agadir in Morocco kills 12,000

Cote D'Ivore - Independence

Cote D'Ivore Gains Independence from France

Benin - Independence

Benin Gains Independence from France

Chad, Mauritania & Senegal - Independence

Chad Gains Independence from France

Senegal Gains Independence from France

Mauritania Gains Independence from France

Toys from the Year 1960 4 December – Glynis Nunn, athlete

29 December – David Boon, Cricketer

Deaths 12 January – Nevil Shute (born 1899), writer

14 February – Herbert Hays (born 1869), Tasmanian politician

3 April – Thomas Marwick (born 1895), politician

10 April – Arthur Benjamin (born 1893), composer

30 July – Walter Lindrum (born 1898), billiards player

2 September – Hector Hogan (born 1931), athlete

2 September – Mick O'Halloran (born 1893), politician

6 October – Caroline Grills (born 1890), serial killer

16 October – Frank Timson (born 1909), politician

20 October – Sir Charles Marr (born 1880), politician

24 November – Arthur Seaforth Blackburn (born 1892), soldier

and Victoria Cross recipient

30 December – Mac Abbott (born 1877), politician◘

Australian Sport

4 June – Ian Sinfield wins the men's national marathon title,

clocking 2:25:13.9 in Melbourne.

1 November – Hi Jinx wins the Melbourne Cup

New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

Kurrewa IV takes line honours and Siandra wins handicap

honours in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Neale Fraser wins the men's singles at the Wimbledon

championships

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South Africa - Independence

Fifteen African countries gain independence and South Africa

leaves the commonwealth◘

Popular Culture 1960 Lady Chatterley's Lover goes on sale in England 32 years after it

was banned

Coronation Street Soap premieres on ITV in the UK,

The Flintstones premiers

Rawhide

Chubby Chequer and the twist start a new dance craze

The Etch A Sketch is introduced for $2.99 manufactured by Ohio

Art Company

Most Popular Films Spartacus Psycho

Exodus Swiss Family Robinson

The Alamo The Apartment

Butterfield 8 Ocean’s 11

Please Don’t Eat the Daisies From the Terrace

Academy Awards

Best Picture: The Apartment

Best Director: Billy Wilder – The Apartment

Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor – Butterfield 8

Best Actor: Burt Lancaster – Elmer Gantry

Born This Year

30 October—Diego Maradona

10 August—Antonio Banderas

9 September—Hugh Grant

20 May—Bono ◘ Major World Political Leaders Australia - Prime Minister - Sir Robert Menzies

China - Chairman of the People's Republic of China - Liu Shaoqi

France - President - Charles de Gaulle

Russia / Soviet Union - First Secretary of the Central Committee

of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union - Nikita Khrushchev

U.S. - President - Dwight D. Eisenhower

United Kingdom - Prime Minister - Harold Macmillan ◘

Australian Political Leaders Monarchy Elizabeth II

Governor-General William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil

Prime minister Robert Menzies

Population 10,275,020

Elections QLD

State Premiers Premier of New South Wales – Robert Heffron

Premier of South Australia – Sir Thomas Playford

Premier of Queensland – Frank Nicklin

Premier of Tasmania – Eric Reece

Premier of Western Australia – David Brand

Premier of Victoria – Henry Bolte

State Governors

Governor of Queensland – Sir Henry Abel Smith

Governor of South Australia – Sir Robert George (until 7 March)

Governor of Tasmania – Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan

Governor of Victoria – Sir Dallas Brooks

Governor of Western Australia – Sir Charles Gairdner◘

1960 Women’s Fashion

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1960 Homes

Technology Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh in the bathyscaph USS

Trieste break a depth record when they descend to the bottom of

Challenger Deep 35,820 feet (10,750 meters) below sea level in

the Pacific Ocean

France tests its first atomic bomb in Sahara and joins US, UK

and USSR as Nuclear Power

Over one hundred million television sets in use worldwide.

Aluminum Cans used for the first time

The MOT Test is introduced in Britain

US Experimental rocket powered airplane travels at 2,200 MPH

Xerox introduces the first Commercial Document reproduction

Machine

The U.S. launches the first weather satellite, TIROS-1.

Dr Kazuo Hashimoto Invents the Ansafone sold in the USA as an

Automatic Telephone Answering Machine

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to

First Use )

Laser USA by Theodore Maiman

Heart Pacemaker USA by Wilson Greatbatch

Weather Satellite USA Tiros I

Vertical Take off Jet UK◘

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1961 World 1961 the cold war continued to worsen with the USSR exploding

some very large bombs during testing and then masterminding

the building of the Berlin Wall separating East from West Berlin,

America sent a battle group to Germany and Americans and

Russians Glared at each other across the border, due to this

uncertainty many Americans built backyard fallout shelters in

case of nuclear war. To make matters worse the Americans

financed anti-Castro Cubans for an invasion at the bay of pigs

which was an unmitigated disaster. the Soviets put the first man

in space on April 12th Yuri Gagarin followed by the US in May

with Alan Shepard. Popular music included Chubby Checker's

"Pony Time" and "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by the Shirelles,

and top movies included "West Side Story" and "The Parent

Trap."

Space --- First Men In Space

Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space.

April 12th the Soviet Union launches the first spacecraft to take

a man into space the Vostok 1 carrying Yuri Alekseyevich

Gagarin

May 5th the U.S. launches it's first man in space Alan Shepardon

the Freedom 7

President Kennedy asks Congress for $531 million to put a man

on the moon before the end of the decade

USA -- Peace Corps Established

U.S. President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps

during March. Kennedy issued Executive Order #10924 which

created the group as an agency within the State Department. the

Peace Corps works to train young Americans in community

development efforts and then deploy them around the world as

helpful volunteers in developing countries. Their intended goal

was to promote democracy, freedom, and peace by building

positive American influence around the world, acting as a

counter-effort against Soviet groups promoting communism

during the Cold War.

Cuba --- Bay of Pigs US Cuban Exiles and CIA mount unsuccessful attempt to

overthrow Castro known as the Bay of Pigs

January 20th Fidel Castro declares Cuba bans free elections

April 17th to 19th A 1,500 CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles

invade southern Cuba at the "Bay of Pigs" / Bahía de

Cochinos

118 are killed and 1,202 are captured by Cuban forces

U.S. -- John F. Kennedy Inauguration

John F. Kennedy was sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren as

the 35th President of the U.S. . Kennedy, the youngest person to



1961 in Australia Events 2 January – Oral contraceptives are first sold in Australia

20 January to early March – Disastrous bushfires affect Western

Australia, completely destroying a number of towns.

25 February – Last electric tram service runs in Sydney

23 June – Australia signed the Antarctic Treaty

12 August – Richmond become the only team since 1922 to fail

to score a goal in a VFL/AFL match.

31 October – Parkes radiotelescope officially opened by the

Governor General

30 November – Ansett-ANA Flight 325, a Vickers Viscount

aircraft, crashes into Botany Bay shortly after takeoff, killing all

15 on board◘

Arts and literature Dame Joan Sutherland is announced as Australian of the Year

William Edwin Pidgeon wins the Archibald Prize

The novel Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence is banned

from sale

Riders in the Chariot by Patrick White is awarded the Miles

Franklin Literary Award◘

Television 19 August – Four Corners TV current affairs program first

screened on ABC TV◘

Music

Top 10 Hits

"I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door" - Eddie Hodges

"Runaway" - Del Shannon

"Wooden Heart" - Elvis Presley

"Hello Mary Lou" - Ricky Nelson

"My Boomerang Won't Come Back" - Charlie Drake

"A Scottish Soldier" - Andy Stewart

"I'm Counting on You" - Johnny O'Keefe

"Wonderland by Night" - Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra

"Theme from Exodus" - Ferrante and Teicher

"Crying" / "Candy Man" - Roy Orbison

Births 1 January – Sam Backo, Indigenous Australian rugby league

Footballer

9 February – Alison Megarrity, politician

12 February – Di Farmer, politician

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be elected president at the time, was also the first Catholic

president. He was a decorated World War II veteran who had

served in Congress as a member of the House of

Representatives and a Senator from Massachusetts and came

from a family that had been previously involved in politics. JFK’s

inauguration was notable for his memorable speech which

featured the imploration to his fellow citizens, “ask not what your

country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”

Kennedy would remain as the U.S. President until he was

assassinated in November of 1963.

Soviet Union - Tsar Bomba

the Soviet Union conducts the largest ever nuclear bomb test

despite worldwide objections during October .

the "Tsar Bomba" also known as the "Kuzkina mat" and "Big

Ivan" was detonated over the Novaya Zemlya island in the

Arctic.

the strength of the blast was equivalent to about 50 megatons

(over 50 million tons of T.N.T.) and registered as a 5.0 on

the Richter scale.

Light from the blast was seen over 600 miles away from the

detonation site.

the "Tsar Bomba" was the largest and most powerful man-made

weapon ever created and just a few years after the test the

U.S., Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the

Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, banning all nuclear tests

conducted anywhere but underground.

Germany --- Berlin Wall

East German Authorities close the border between east and west

Berlin and Construction of the Berlin Wall begins.

U.S. -- Mercury Atlas 5 Mission

NASA launches the Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5) mission during

November . MA-5 was the final test mission prior to beginning

manned missions by the U.S.. the space capsule carried a

chimpanzee named Enos aboard. While in space, Enos

performed a few tasks to test his psychomotor capabilities. the

spacecraft made 2 orbits around Earth and the flight lasted

about 3 and a half hours. After the capsule splashed down it was

recovered with Enos was alive and in good condition.

U.S. --- Disney - Babes In Toyland

Disney releases their first live action musical film, "Babes In

Toyland."

The film "Babes In Toyland" premieres during December . "Babes

In Toyland" was created by Walt Disney and was the first live

action musical to be produced by the company. the film, starred

Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Ed Wynn, and Annette Funicello. the

Mother Goose themed musical focused on the evil character of

Barnaby's plot to derail the upcoming marriage between

characters Tom and Mary in an attempt to further his own

romantic agenda. Despite heavy promotion the film was

considered a flop for Disney but it did receive two Academy

Award nominations for Best Costumes and Best Music.

U.K. - World Wildlife Fund

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25 February – Trevor Strong, politician

4 March – Bart Bassett, politician

14 March – Garry Jack, rugby league Footballer and coach

16 March – Brett Kenny, rugby league Footballer

24 March – Dean Jones, Cricketer

26 March – Richard Torbay, politician

12 April - Magda Szubanski, actor and comedian; Lisa Gerrard,

singer

20 April – Frances Adamson, Australian public servant and

diplomat, Australian Ambassador to China

16 May – Gina Riley, actor and comedian

31 May – Justin Madden, Australian rules Footballer

16 June – Peter Sterling, rugby league Footballer

6 July - Rick Price, singer

21 July – Morris Iemma, 40th Premier of New South Wales

8 August – Tim Mander, politician and rugby league referee

12 August – Peter Dowling, politician

19 August – Frank Terenzini, politician

15 September - Terry Lamb, rugby league Footballer and coach;

Joan Pease, politician

8 October – Simon Burke, actor

19 October – Cliff Lyons, rugby league Footballer

18 November – Anthony Warlow, entertainer

23 November – Merv Hughes, Cricketer

4 December – Sonia Hornery, politician

17 December – Larry Anthony, politician

29 December – Mal Brough, politician◘

Deaths 3 February – William Morrison (born 1893), Governor General of

Australia

20 February – Percy Grainger (born 1882), pianist and composer

22 May – Lionel Lindsay (born 1874), Artist

27 September – Peter Dawson (born 1882), singer

3 December – Pat O'Hara Wood (born 1891), Tennis player

20 December – Earle Page (born 1880), Prime Minister of

Australia◘

Australian Sport

Cricket

New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

The Ashes: Australia defeats England 2-1 and retains The Ashes

Football

Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Norths defeated Valleys 29

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New South Wales Rugby League premiership: St. George

defeated Western Suburbs 22-0

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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was officially founded and

opened its first office during September . the World Wildlife Fund

was created by the world's top conservationists as a means to

organize and collaborate on conservation fundraising throughout

the globe. the WWF used its influence and resources to bring

public awareness to conservation issues with the goal of

lessening humanity's impact on natural wildlife habitats and

preserving endangered species. Since its founding, the WWF has

become the world's largest conservation organization.

Soviet Union --- Venera 1 space probe

The Soviet Union launches the Venera 1 space probe during

February. the unmanned probe was the first spacecraft to fly by

Venus. the Venera 1's mission returned some data back to Earth

verifying the presence of plasma in space, but it was ultimately a

failure as contact with the probe was lost within about a week of

its launch. It did not transmit any data back about Venus when it

passed by the planet. the Soviet Union launched a total of 16

Venera probes and many succeeded in providing detailed data

and images of Venus.

UK - Applies to EEC

Britain applies for membership of the EEC

Brazil -- Xingu National Park

The Xingu National Park is created in Brazil

Somalia -- Flooding

Somalia suffers wide spread flooding after the two main rivers,

overflowed their banks and merged in a vast flood plain leaving

hundreds of thousands homeless.

UN -- Condemns Apartheid

UN General Assembly condemns Apartheid

U.S. - build bomb shelters

President John F. Kennedy advises American families to build

bomb shelters

South Africa -- independent republic

South Africa becomes an independent republic.

Romania -- Orient Express Last Journey of the Orient Express Paris - Bucharest

Vietnam - US Military Involvement

First Direct US Military Involvement in Vietnam

UK - Amnesty International

Amnesty International Started in United Kingdom

World - Antarctic Treaty

The Antarctic Treaty System comes into force on June 23rd to

regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica to

ensure that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used

exclusively for peaceful purposes

Portugal - Santa Maria

Members of the Portuguese leftist movement hijack the luxury

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Toys from the Year 1961

South Australian National Football League premiership: won by

West Adelaide

Victorian Football League premiership: Hawthorn defeated

Footscray 94-51

Golf

Australian Open: won by Frank Phillips

Australian PGA Championship: won by Alan Murray (Golfer)

Horse Racing

Summer Fair wins the Caulfield Cup

Dhaulagiri wins the Cox Plate

Magic Night wins the Golden Slipper

Lord Fury wins the Melbourne Cup

Motor Racing

The Australian Grand Prix was held at Mallala and won by Lex

Davison driving a Cooper Climax

Tennis

Australian Open men's singles: Roy Emerson defeats Rod Laver

1–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4

Australian Open women's singles: Margaret Court defeats Jan

Lehane O'Neill 6-1, 6–4

Davis Cup: Australia defeats Italy 5-0 in the 1961 Davis Cup final

Wimbledon: Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser win the Men's

Doubles

Wimbledon: Rod Laver wins the Men's Singles

Yachting

Astor takes line honours and Rival wins on handicap in the

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race◘

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cruise liner Santa Maria.

World - Population 4 billion

Estimate of the Worlds Population reaches 4 billion

Italy -- Monza Italian Grand Prix Race During the Monza Italian Grand Prix Race Baron Wolfgang von

Trips Ferrari crashes off the track onto embankment filled with

spectators killing 14 plus the driver.

World -- World Wide Fund

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) started◘

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Popular Culture 1961 The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, ceases to be

legal tender in the United Kingdom.

British satirical magazine Private Eye is published for first time

The Pony become a popular dance

Black and white 5 pound notes cease to be legal tender in the

UK

Most popular movies West Side Story The Guns of Navarone

El Cid The Absent-Minded Professor

The Parent Trap La Dolce Vita

Lover Come Back King of Kings

101 Dalmatians Splendor in the Grass

Academy Awards

Best Picture: West Side Story

Best Director: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins – West Side Story

Best Actress: Sophia Loren – Two Women

Best Actor: Maximilian Schell – Judgment at Nuremberg

Popular TV

Wagon Train Bonanza

Gunsmoke Perry Mason

The Red Skelton Show Andy Griffith

Candid Camera My Three Sons

Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Twilight Zone

Mister Ed (first broadcast in October, 1961)

The Avengers debut in the UK. But it was not seen in the U.S. until 1965.

Born This Year

22 September—Scott Baio

4 August—Barack Obama

31 October—Peter Jackson

12 November—Nadia Comaneci

16 November—Frank Bruno

6 May—George Clooney,

30 July—Lawrence Fishburne,

9 June—Michael J. Fox,

26 January—Wayne Gretzky,

23 July—Woody Harrelson,

18 October—Wynton Marsalis, ◘


Governor-General William Morrison, then William Sidney



Elections Federal, VIC

State Premiers

Premier of New South Wales – Robert Heffron






State Governors

Governor of New South Wales – Sir Eric Woodward


Governor of South Australia – Sir Edric Bastyan (from 4 April)


Governor of Western Australia – Sir Charles Gairdner

Governor of Victoria – Sir Dallas Brooks◘

Major World Political Leaders Australia -- Prime Minister -- Sir Robert Menzies

China -- Chairman of the People's Republic of China -- Liu Shaoqi

France -- President -- Charles de Gaulle

U.S. -- President -- Dwight D. Eisenhower (Till January 20); John F.

Kennedy (from January 20)

United Kingdom -- Prime Minister -- Harold Macmillan ◘

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1961 Women’s Fashion Technology Yuri Gagarin is the first human in space.

The First inflight movie is shown on TWA

The First electric toothbrush is produced Squibb Co.

Alan Shepard makes first US Space Flight

Niagra Falls starts producing hydroelectric power

The first quasar is discovered by Allan Sandage at Mt Palomar,

California

IBM introduces the Selectric typewriter Golfball

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )

Human Space Travel Russia Yuri Gagarin - the first human in

space◘

1961 Homes

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1962 World the Cold War continued to worsen when the Russians placed

Ballistic Missiles on Cuban land just 90 miles away from the

coast of Florida in and JFK called the bluff by threatening war

unless they were removed which they were but for a short time

the world was on the brink of nuclear war and self destruction.

the president then set a goal of landing a man on the moon

before the end of the decade and became more involved in

politics in Southeast Asia by training South Vietnamese pilots.

Folk music was evolving into protest music thanks to young

artists like Bob Dylan and the birth of Surfing music by the beach

boys grew in popularity meanwhile in England the Beatles record

the single "Love Me Do". the new hit on TV for that year was "The

Beverly Hillbillies" and the first of the James Bond movies "Dr

No" was an instant success, some of the other movies released

included "Spartacus" and "El Cid".

Space - First Men In Space

John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth in

February of 1962

1962 President Kennedy asks Congress for $531 million to put

a man on the moon before the end of the decade

Cuba --- Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis when USSR plans to deploy Missiles in Cuba

brings the world to the brink of world war, the US blockades

Cuba and the USSR agrees to dismantle Soviet Silos Begins

On October 15th ends on November 20th

U.S. -- NASA Ranger IV Launches

NASA’s Ranger 4 spacecraft was launched and crashed on the

Moon during April. the spacecraft was launched from Cape

Canaveral with the mission to study the Moon, return data back

to Earth, and transmit images. Unfortunately, the mission was a

failure as it failed to relay any useful information back to NASA

due to a computer and battery issue. Ranger 4 stopped

operating after 10 hours of flight and later crashed into the

surface of the Moon. the mission was notable in that it was the

first Ranger mission to have a successful launch and was the

first US spacecraft to land on the Moon.

U.S. -- Friendship 7

NASA launches the Friendship 7 spacecraft during February . the

Mercury capsule carried astronaut John Glenn who conducted

the first orbit around the Earth by an American. Glenn orbited

the Earth three times in a flight that lasted just under five hours.

Glenn splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean successfully but

faced a moment when the automatic control system failed and

he had to manually control the capsule. the Soviet Union had

already made the first human orbit during April of the previous

year with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.



1962 in Australia Events The Australian Ballet is founded.

1 March – The final section of the Cahill Expressway opens in

Sydney.

The toilets of St Brigid's; the reason for the 1962 School Strike

and the beginning of State Aid to non-Government schools

16 July – An education strike in Goulburn, New South Wales,

where, in response to a demand for the installation of three

extra toilets at a local Catholic Primary School, the local

community closed down these schools and sent the children to

the Government schools. The Catholic Church declared they had

no money to install the extra toilets. Nearly 1,000 children

turned up to be enrolled locally and the State schools were

unable to accommodate them. In 1963, Menzies made State aid

for science blocks part of his Party's platform in response to the

public debate engendered by the Goulburn strike.

15 August – The Red Sales aerobatic team, flying Vampire jets,

crashes in practice, killing six people.

28 September – Paddington tram depot fire: One fifth of the

Brisbane tram fleet is destroyed when the Paddington tram

depot is burnt down in suspicious circumstances. 65 trams are

destroyed.◘

Arts and literature 2 November – The first performance of the Australian Ballet

Company in Sydney was of Swan Lake.

The Well Dressed Explorer by Thea Astley and The Cupboard

Under the Stairs by George Turner are jointly awarded the Miles

Franklin Literary Award

Television 4 March – NBN Television opens in Newcastle, New South Wales

as NBN-3.

18 March – WIN Television opens in Wollongong, New South

Wales as WIN-4.

26 May - Southern Cross Television opens in Launceston,

Tasmania as TNT-9

Music

Top 10 Hits

"Working for the Man" / "Leah" - Roy Orbison

"Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-a-Hula Baby" - Elvis Presley

"Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You" - Elvis Presley

"Roses Are Red (My Love)" - Bobby Vinton

"Multiplication" - Bobby Darin

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U.S. --- Marilyn Monroe sings Happy Birthday To

President Kennedy Marilyn Monroe serenades President Kennedy on his birthday.

NASA Launches Ranger 3 Mission

NASA’s Ranger 3 spacecraft launches on January 26th. It was

the U.S.’ first attempt at landing a spacecraft on the surface of

the Moon. If successful, the spacecraft was designed to transmit

photos of the lunar surface before making a rough landing.

Unfortunately due to malfunctions with the guidance system,

Ranger 3 never made it to the Moon. It missed entering the

lunar orbit by about 22,000 miles and instead entered a

heliocentric orbit. While NASA was never able to transmit photos

of the surface from the mission, they did gain some engineering

data related to the mission.

Cuba - US ---Prisoner Exchange

End of Bay Of Pigs Fiasco when 1,113 prisoners taken during

the attempted invasion are exchanged for $53 million in food

and medicine

U.S. --- Spider-Man Marvel's Spider-Man superhero makes his first appearance in a

comic.

Brazil - World Cup

Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1 to win the 1962 World Cup

U.S. - Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe is found dead on August 5th after apparently

overdosing on sleeping pills

U.S. - Navy SEALS

The US Navy SEALS are created on January 1st as the U.S.

Navy's principal special operations force, the special force was in

existance prior dating back to World War II when the Navy

"Scouts and Raiders" was formed.

UN -- apartheid condemned

The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution

condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for

all UN member states to cease military and economic relations

with the nation

Burundi - Independence

Burundi Gains Independence from Belgium

Germany -- Peter Fechter

East German Border Guards shoot attempted escapee Peter

Fechter and leave him to die on the Berlin Wall

Germany -- Heavy storm flood

Heavy storm flood on Germany's North Sea coast, mainly around

Hamburg, more than 300 people die, thousands losing their

homes

US - First Kmart

The first Kmart department store opens in Garden City, Michigan

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"The Lonely Bull" - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass

"I Can't Stop Loving You" - Ray Charles

"Stranger on the Shore" - Acker Bilk

"Telstar" - The Tornados

"The Swiss Maid" - Del Shannon

Births 23 January – Richard Roxburgh, actor, writer, producer and director

28 January – Barbara Stone, politician

14 February – Stephen Robertson, politician

22 February – Steve Irwin, wildlife expert and media personality (died

2006)

9 March – Jeff Knuth, politician

13 April – Andrew Jachno, race walker

24 April – Steve "Blocker" Roach, rugby league Footballer of the 1980s

and 1990s

26 April – Trevor Marmalade, comedian and author

6 May – Julieanne Gilbert, politician

13 May – Paul McDermott, comedian and singer

25 May – Ros Bates, politician

24 June – Steve Dickson, politician

9 July – Paul Lucas, politician

15 July – Michelle Ford, swimmer

18 July – Shaun Micallef, comedian

6 August – Steven Lee, alpine skier

17 September – Baz Luhrmann, Film director and producer

26 September – Steve Moneghetti, long distance runner

13 October – David Dalgleish, politician

26 October – Rob Messenger, politician

30 October – Colin Boyce, politician

10 November – Bob Lindner, rugby league Footballer and coach

11 November – James Morrison – jazz Musician

5 December – Michael Harvey, racewalker

8 December - Steve Elkington, Golfer; Tracy Davis, politician

12 December – Chris Cummins, politician

16 December – John English, politician

Deaths 17 January – Frank Hurley (born 1885), Film maker and photographer

3 December – Mary Gilmore (born 1865), poet and journalist◘

Australian Sport

General

Australia wins 38 gold medals at the 1962 British Empire and

Commonwealth Games, held in Perth

Athletics

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Toys from the Year 1962 11 August – Keith Ollerenshaw wins the men's national

marathon title, clocking 2:26:24.2 in Perth.

Cricket New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield

Football

Bledisloe Cup: retained by the All Blacks

Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Norths defeated Valleys 22

– 0


defeated Wests 9-6


Port Adelaide

Victorian Football League premiership: Essendon defeated

Carlton 90-58

Golf

Australian Open: won by Gary Player

Australian PGA Championship: won by Bill Dunk

Horse Racing

Indian Summer wins the AJC Oaks

Even Stevens wins the Caulfield Cup

Aquanita wins the Cox Plate

Popular Culture 1962 Beatles Turned Down By Decca Records

Release of first Beatles recording: the single "Love Me Do"

Andy Warhol's famous painting of a can of soup

Beverly Hill Billies is on TV

The Dick Van Dyke show on TV

Johnny Carson begins as presenter for the Tonight Show

Most popular movies Lawrence of Arabia The Longest Day

In Search of the Castaways That Touch of Mink

The Music Man Mutiny on the Bounty

To Kill a Mockingbird Hatari!

Gypsy Bon Voyage!

Academy Awards Best Picture: Lawrence of Arabia

Best Director: David Lean – Lawrence of Arabia

Best Actress: Anne Bancroft – The Miracle Worker

Best Actor: Gregory Peck – To Kill a Mockingbird

Popular Singers The Beatles

Bob Dylan

Chubby Checker

Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons

Neil Sedaka

Roy Orbison

Shirley Bassey

Born This Year 11 October—Joan Cusack

19 October—Evander Holyfield

11 November—Demi Moore

19 November—Jodie Foster ◘

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France - Boeing 707 crashes

Air France Boeing 707 crashes on take-off at Orly Airport in Paris

on June 3rd

U.S. - Oral Polio Vaccine

Oral Polio Vaccine developed by Albert Sabin given to millions of

children to combat Polio

Algeria -- Independence

Algeria Gains Independence from France

Jamaica - Independence

Jamaica Gains Independence from Great Britain◘

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Governor-General William Sidney



Elections SA, NSW, WA

State Premiers

Premier of New South Wales – Robert Heffron






State Governors



Governor of South Australia – Sir Edric Bastyan


Governor of Western Australia – Sir Charles Gairdner

Governor of Victoria – Sir Dallas Brooksis◘




Russia / Soviet Union -- First Secretary of the Central Committee

of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -- Nikita Khrushchev

U.S. -- President -- John F. Kennedy

United Kingdom -- Prime Minister -- Harold Macmillan ◘

Birthday Card wins the Golden Slipper

Even Stevens wins the Melbourne Cup

Motor Racing

The Australian Grand Prix was held at Caversham and won by

Bruce McLaren driving a Cooper-Climax

The Armstrong 500 was held at Phillip Island, and was won by

Harry Firth and Bob Jane driving an XL Falcon

Squash

Heather Blundell wins the Women's Championship at the British

Open Squash Championships

Tennis

Australian Open men's singles: Rod Laver defeats Roy Emerson

8-6 0–6 6-4 6-4


Lehane O'Neill 6-0 6-2

Davis Cup: Australia defeats Mexico 5-0 in the 1962 Davis Cup

final

French Open: Rod Laver wins the Men's Singles

French Open: Margaret Court wins the Women's Singles

French Open: Roy Emerson and Neale Fraser win the Men's

Doubles

US Open: Rod Laver wins the Men's Singles

US Open: Margaret Court wins the Women's Singles

Wimbledon: Rod Laver wins the Men's Singles

Wimbledon: Bob Hewitt and Fred Stolle win the Men's Doubles

Yachting

Gretel makes Australias first challenge for the America's Cup,

losing 4–1 to the American opponent Weatherly

Ondine takes line honours and Solo wins on handicap in the


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Technology 12 European countries form European Space Agency

Telstar relays the first live trans-Atlantic television signal

US Airforce investigates using lasers to intercept missiles

90% of US households own a Television Set

Britain and France agree to develop the Concorde

The first use of silicone breast implants by Houston plastic

surgeons


Communication Satellite USA Telstar

Venus Probe USA Mariner 2 - the first planetary probe

LEDs USA Light Emitting Diodes - used for displays◘

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1962 Homes

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1963 World the biggest news from 1963 was the assassination of the US

President Kennedy on November 22nd which thrust Lyndon

Johnson into the role of president and the murder two days later

of Lee Harvey Oswald by nightclub owner Jack Ruby. This was a

difficult time to become president with the mounting troubles in

Vietnam where the Viet Cong Guerrillas had now killed 80

American Advisers and the continued campaign for civil rights by

the black community caused violent reactions from whites

including Mississippi, Virginia and Alabama where the black civil

rights leader Martin Luther King Jr was arrested. Films included

"The Birds" and "The Great Escape" and popular TV Program "The

Virginian" and "Lassie". ladies fashion clothes and hairstyles

included fur boots and towering hair do's for evening wear. In

music the beginning of Beatlemania after they release "I Want To

Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing There" and "Meet the

Beatles".

U.S. -- Kennedy Assassination John F. Kennedy assassinated on Friday, November 22nd, 1963,

in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas

Caribbean -- Hurricane Flora

Hurricane Flora began as a tropical depression that formed

on September 26thnear the Cape Verde Islands.

U.S. -- Alcatraz Penitentiary Closes

Alcatraz, located in the San Francisco Bay, is first explored by

Juan Manuel de Ayala who named it after the pelicans that

inhabited the island in 1775.

World -- Beatlemania the Early Years

Beatles Release I Want To Hold Your Hand/I Saw Her Standing

There and Meet the Beatles

Space - Mariner 2 Mission Ends NASA loses contact with the Mariner 2 spacecraft on January

3rd, bringing an end to the successful mission. the Mariner 2

spacecraft had been launched on August 27, 1962.

In December of 1962 it became the first mission to successfully

observe another planet when it flew past Venus. Before contact

was lost, it had transmitted data back to Earth about the

temperature, atmosphere, magnetic fields, and radiation of

Venus.

USSR - the First Woman in Space

The Soviet Union launches the Vostok 6 spacecraft, carrying

Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space.

The Soviet Union launches the Vostok 6 spacecraft during June .

the mission carried cosmonaut Valentina V. Tereshkova as she

became the first woman in space. During the mission medical



1963 in Australia Events John Carew Eccles is announced as the Australian of the Year

The first stage of the Ord River Scheme is completed

British nuclear tests at Maralinga ceased

March – a special federal conference of the Australian Labor

Party was called on the building of a North-west Cape

communications facility which would support the US nuclear

submarine capability. Despite the opposition of the Left faction,

the Australian Labor Party National Executive voted narrowly to

support the base.

21 March – At the conference, Arthur Calwell and Gough

Whitlam were photographed outside the venue at Kingston in

Canberra. Although Calwell was the Leader of the Opposition,

neither man was a member of the federal executive. Menzies

jibed that the ALP was ruled by "36 faceless men".

14 August – Yolngu people petitioned the Australian House of

Representatives with a bark petition after the government sold

part of the Arnhem Land reserve on 13 March to a bauxite

mining company. The government did not consult the traditional

owners. When bauxite mining at Nhulunbuy near Yirrkala went

ahead, the Yolngu took their case against the mining company to

the Northern Territory Supreme Court. Despite their claim not

being upheld in the 1971 court decision, non-indigenous

Australians were alerted to the need for indigenous

representation in such decisions, and a permanent

parliamentary standing committee was created to scrutinise

developments at Yirrkala, among other initiatives related to the

indigenous people's moral right to their lands.

1 November – Indigenous Australians could vote in federal

elections on the same basis as other electors when an

amendment to the Commonwealth Electoral Act became law.

The November 1963 election was the first federal election for

Indigenous people in Western Australia, Queensland and the

Northern Territory. Indigenous voting rights in other states had

been in place since 1949.

15 November - The Queensland Police Service raids the town of

Mapoon, forcing residents at gunpoint to leave their houses and

board a boat for relocation 200 km to the north.

30 November – Federal election: The Coalition government was

returned with an increased majority of 10 seats over the

Australian Labor Party. The election was for the House of

Representatives only.

Science and technology John Carew Eccles shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or

Medicine for his work on the synapse

3 December – Australians could connect more easily by

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experiments were conducted to test the effects of space travel

on a female body and live video of Tereshkova was broadcast on

television in the Soviet Union. the flight also involved the Vostok

5 spacecraft which was also in space at the time. the two crafts

flew together and communicated with each other by using two-

way radio throughout the mission. the Vostok 6 was in space for

3 days, after which it came to an end and Valentina Tereshkova

safely returned to Earth.

UK -- the Profumo Scandal

The Profumo Crisis in the UK causing resignations from the

cabinet caused by war minister John Profumo having an affair

with Christina Wheeler who was also involved with a Soviet Navy

officer

U.S. -- Final Project Mercury Mission The final Project Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9, is launched

by NASA during May . the Faith 7 spacecraft carried astronaut

Gordon Cooper into space for about 34 hours during which he

orbited the Earth 22 times. the purpose of the mission was to

test the limits of the Mercury space capsule. Cooper's flight was

about three times longer than any other human space flight that

had been completed at that point in history. It also marked the

final time that NASA launched a solo orbital mission. Near the

end of the flight Cooper experienced several technical problems

but was able to overcome them and successfully returned to

Earth.

U.S. - Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

The U.S. Senate approved ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test

Ban Treaty (PTBT) during September . the Partial Nuclear Test

Ban Treaty banned all nuclear weapon testing that was not

conducted underground, prohibiting atmospheric, outer space,

and under water tests. It was originally signed by the U.S., United

Kingdom and Soviet Union. the ban helped to slow down the

nuclear arms race and eventually 123 more countries ratified

the treaty, making it nearly universal.

Yugoslavia -- President Tito

The nation of Yugoslavia became the Socialist Federal Republic

of Yugoslavia in April and the country's leader, Josip Broz Tito,

was named as the "President for Life." the changes to the

European nation's name and Tito's authority were a part of

several socialist reforms added into the country's constitution

during that year. With his increased authority, Tito relaxed many

religious and political restrictions and helped to improve the

economy by encouraging foreign tourism and the expansion of

private enterprise. Tito was generally liked by the people and

was commended for going against Soviet-era communism and

developing a successful form of socialism. Tito died in 1980 and

the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1992.

South Korea - Civilian Rule Korea returns to Civilian Rule

UK - American Express

American Express introduces Credit Cards Into the UK

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telephone with the rest of the world by International Direct

Dialling with the opening of COMPAC, the Commonwealth Pacific

cable. This was part of a scheme to connect the British

Commonwealth by telephone.

Arts and literature Careful, He Might Hear You by Sumner Locke Elliott is awarded

the Miles Franklin Literary Award

Film Short Films produced in Australia included the following

screened at the Venice Film Festival

Adam and Eve – Dusan Marek

Along the Sepik – Ian Dunlop

Russell Drysdale – Dahl Collings

Sidney Nolan – Dahl Collings

They Found a Cave – Andrew Steane – XV Int. Festival Films for

Young People

William Dobell – Dahl Collings

Others: The Queen Returns – The 1963 Australian visit of Her Majesty

The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh was

Filmed by the Commonwealth Film Unit. Much of the 30-minute

Film is devoted to Canberra and its history as the Queen's visit

coincided with Canberra's Jubilee Celebrations – 50 years since

the founding of the city.

Television Nine Network founded as the "National Television Network"

The panel show Beauty and the Beast premieres on the Seven

Network.

Music

Top 10 Hits

"I Want To Hold Your Hand" - The Beatles

"She Loves You" - The Beatles

"Tamoure" - Bill Justis

"From a Jack to a King" - Ned Miller

"Pipeline" - Chantays

"Hey Paula" - Paul and Paula

"Sugar Shack" - Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs

"I Will Follow Him" - Little Peggy March

"Return to Sender" - Elvis Presley

"Move Baby Move" / "You'll Never Cherish a Love So True" - Johnny O'Keefe

Births 5 January – Vanessa Browne-Ward, high jumper

2 March – Anthony Albanese, politician

17 March – John Platten, Australian Rules Football player

29 March – Elle Macpherson, model

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Libya - earthquake

An earthquake in Libya destroys the village of Barce - 500 dead

Yugoslavia -- earthquake

An Earthquake Strikes Skopje, Yugoslavia destroying 80% of the

city

Greece -- Bloodless Military coup Bloodless Military coup deposes President George Papadopoulos

Saipan -- Typhoon Olive

Typhoon Olive with 110MPH Winds destroyed most of the homes

on the Island of Saipan

Haiti -- Hurricane Flora

Hurricane Flora a massive storm kills 6,000 in Haiti, Cuba,

Trinidad, and Tobago, Grenada,

Germany - Berlin Wall 1st Beeching Report suggests closing 25% of British Rail

U.S. -- Polio Vaccine

The Sabin oral Polio Vaccine which is taken with a lump of sugar

is given nationwide in US and UK

Kenya -- Independence

Kenya Gains Independence from Britain

Bangladesh - Tsunami A hurricane and resulting Tsunami cause Flooding in East

Pakistan Bangladesh kills 22,000

U.S. - Indiana State Fair Coliseum

Indiana State Fair Coliseum Explosion kills 74

World -- Religion

World Religions status: 890 million Christians, 200 million

Buddhists, 365 million Hindus, 13 million Jews

U.S. - USS Thresher

Nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Thresher sinks in the

Atlantic Ocean

Venezuela - Student riots

Student riots break out all over Coro and Valencia, Venezuela.

Vatican - Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII dies on June 3rd

Pope Paul VI is elected by College of Cardinals.

Russia / US - "hot line" established

The U.S. and the Soviet Union agree to establish a "hot line"

onJune 20th a direct communication system between the two

nations to prevent a possible Nuclear War.

UK - Great Train Robbery The Great Train Robbery takes place in Buckinghamshire,

England

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31 March – Paul Mercurio, actor and dancer

8 May – Anthony Field, Australian guitarist, songwriter, producer,

and actor (The Cockroaches and The Wiggles)

27 June – Paul Roos, Footballer and coach

13 September – Phillip Dutton, equestrian rider

30 September – Stan Grant, journalist

30 September – Greg Williams, Australian Rules Football player

23 October – Craig Bradley, Australian Rules Football player

15 November – Benny Elias, rugby league player

16 November – Tim Ferguson, comedian (Doug Anthony All

Stars)

24 November – Stephen Lacey, author

10 December – John Elias (in Lebanon), rugby league player/

coach

30 December – Alister Henskens, politician◘

Deaths

19 March – Lionel Hill, Premier of South Australia (born 1881)

28 May – Margaret Preston, Artist (born 1875)

1 June – Walter Lee, Premier of Tasmania (born 1874)

21 June – Harvey Sutton, track and field athlete (born 1882)

10 October – Roy Cazaly, Australian Rules Football player (born

1893)

2 November – Daniel Mannix, Archbishop of Melbourne (born 1864)◘

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Australian Sport

Athletics

3 March – Dixie Willis breaks Lyudmila Shevtsova's world record

(2:04.3) in the women's 800 metres, clocking 2:01.2 in Perth.

Cricket

Victoria wins the Sheffield Shield

Australia draws with England 1-1 and retains The Ashes

Football Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Norths defeated Wests 18-

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defeated Western Suburbs 8-3


Port Adelaide

Victorian Football League premiership: Geelong defeated

Hawthorn 109-60

Golf

Australian Open: won by Gary Player

Australian PGA Championship: won by Colin Johnston

Horse Racing

Arctic Star wins the AJC Oaks

Sometime wins the Caulfield Cup

Summer Regent wins the Cox Plate

Pago Pago wins the Golden Slipper

U.S. - Lottery

First US State Lottery in New Hampshire

U.S. - Martin Luther King, Jr

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I have a dream" speech

U.S. - James Meredith

James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate

from the University of Mississippi◘

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Popular Culture 1963 This was the year an Insurance firm State Mutual Life Insurance

invented the Smiley Face found on anything and everything

around the world including T Shirts, it's popularity was at it's

peak in the 1960's

The Beatles release their first album Please Please Me.

The first episode of the BBC television series Doctor Who is

broadcast

Bob Dylan walks off the Ed Sullivan show

Beatle's Release "She Loves You" in UK which goes to Number 1

for 4 weeks August 23rd

Most popular movies

Cleopatra How the West Was Won

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Tom Jones Irma la Douce

The Sword in the Stone Son of Flubber

The Birds Dr. No

The V.I.P.s

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Tom Jones

Best Director: Tony Richardson – Tom Jones

Best Actress: Patricia Neal – Hud

Best Actor: Sidney Poitier – Lilies of the Field

Popular Musicians

The Beatles Roy Orbison

Buddy Holly The Drifters

Jim Reeves

Popular TV Programs

Coronation Street

The Andy Griffith Show

The Flintstones

Mister Ed

The Avengers

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Born This Year

1 November—Big Kenny ( Big & Rich )

5 November—Tatum O'Neal

17 February—Michael Jordan

6 June—Johnny Depp ◘

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Technology AT&T introduces touch tone phones

Flymo Sells first Hover Mower

The first prototype Learjet takes off

Zip codes implemented in US

Lava Lamp or the Astro Lamp Launched by Edward Craven

Walker

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country

( or attributed to First Use )

Tape Cassette Netherlands ( Philips ) used to record and play

audio

Pull Tab Can As Used for Soda U.S. Alcoa Company◘

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Governor-General William Sidney



Australian of the Year John Carew Eccles

Elections Federal, QLD

State Premiers Premier of New South Wales – Robert Heffron






State Governors



Governor of South Australia – Sir Edric Bastyan

Governor of Tasmania – Sir Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron

Rowallan (until 25 March) then Sir Charles Gairdner

Governor of Western Australia – Sir Charles Gairdner (until 25

October) then Sir Douglas Kendrew

Governor of Victoria – Sir Dallas Brooks (until 8 May) then Sir

Rohan Delacombe◘




Russia / Soviet Union -- First Secretary of the Central Committee

of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union -- Nikita Khrushchev

U.S. -- President -- John F. Kennedy (Till November 22); Lyndon B.

Johnson (from November 22)

United Kingdom -- Prime Minister -- Harold Macmillan -- Till 19

October); Sir Alec Douglas-Home (from 19 October)◘

1963 Homes

Gatum Gatum wins the Melbourne Cup

Motor Racing The Australian Grand Prix was held at Warwick Farm, and was

won by Jack Brabham driving a Brabham Climax

The Armstrong 500 was held at Bathurst, and was won by Harry

Firth and Bob Jane driving a Ford Cortina Mk 1 GT

Squash

British Open Squash Championships: Heather Blundell wins the

Women's Championship

Tennis

Australian Open men's singles: Roy Emerson defeats Ken

Fletcher 6-3 6-3 6-1


Lehane O'Neill 6-2 6-2

Davis Cup: Australia is defeated by the United States 2–3 in the

1963 Davis Cup final

French Open: Roy Emerson wins the Men's Singles

French Open: Lesley Turner Bowrey wins the Women's Singles

French Open: Roy Emerson and Manuel Santana win the Men's

Doubles

US Open: Robyn Ebbern and Margaret Court win the Women's

Doubles

Wimbledon: Margaret Court becomes the first Australian to win

the Ladies' Singles

Yachting

Astor takes line honours and Freya wins on handicap in the


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1964 World as the war in Vietnam and US Congress Authorizes war against N

Vietnam more American servicemen were dying, and after three

civil rights workers were murdered in Mississippi the president

signed the Civil Rights act of 1964 but this did not stop the

violence as it continued to increase in many American Cities.

Lyndon Johnson was also returned to power after a landslide

victory. This was also the year the Beatles took the world and

America by storm and Beatlemania went into overdrive as they

released a series of number one hits including "I want to hold

your hand", "All my Loving" . Other British groups also found

success including the Rolling Stones and the Animals and

together with the American Talent of the Supremes and Bob

Dylan many say this was one of the greatest years for music in

the last century. Also one young loud talented boxer by the name

of Cassius Clay won the Boxing World heavyweight championship

from Sonny Liston.

Vietnam War

Three North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack the US Destroyer

Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin US Congress Authorizes war

against N Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

Boston Strangler

The Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo is captured

Though the crimes were attributed to Albert DeSalvo,

investigators of the case have since suggested the murders

(sometimes known as the silk stocking murders) were not

committed by one person because the victims from different age

and ethnic groups, and that there were different modi operandi.

Warren Commission

Warren Commission report on the assassination of President

John F. Kennedy concludes Lee Harvey Oswald had acted alone

the report concluded that the gunman Lee Harvey Oswald acted

alone with an unknown motive in assassinating President

Kennedy and the Jack Ruby had acted alone in his murder of the

suspect Oswald.

It was also reported that the Secret Service had not made

adequate preparations for the president's Dallas visit.

the results proved to be somewhat controversial as there was

some conflicting evidence and many people believed in different

conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination such as there

were multiple shooters involved or that foreign governments

arranged the assassination.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

into law on July 2nd. the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal



1964 in Australia Events 29 January – The Royal Australian Air Force takes delivery of its

first two Mirage fighter jets

3 February – The first double-decker carriages begin trial runs on

the Sydney rail network

4 February – Cyclone Dora strikes north west Queensland

10 February – Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier

HMAS Melbourne and the destroyer HMAS Voyager collide, with

the loss of 82 lives

March – There is a split in the Communist Party of Australia and

the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) is formed

April – The Menzies government refuses to ratify the

International Labour Organization convention on equal pay for

women.

April – The editors of Sydney satirical Oz magazine – Richard

Neville, Richard Walsh and Martin Sharp – are charged with

printing an obscene publication

8 April – The Jackson–Moonie–Brisbane oil pipeline opens

24 April – Melbourne woman Judy Hanrahan becomes the first

female teller appointed by the Bank of NSW since World War II

27 April Sir Garfield Barwick resigns as Minister for External

Affairs to take up his appointment as the new Chief Justice of

the High Court of Australia

June – Macquarie University is founded.

12–30 June – The Beatles' 1964 world tour in Australia and

New Zealand.

6 July – Warrant Officer Class 2, Kevin Conway of the Australian

Army Training Team died; he was Australia's first Vietnam War

battle casualty.

15 July – The first edition of The Australian is published in

Canberra. It is Australia's first national daily newspaper,

published by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited.

17 July – Donald Campbell sets new land speed record of 429

miles per hour in his jet-propelled car "Bluebird" at Lake Eyre,

South Australia

August – The Tasman Bridge across the Derwent River opens in

Hobart.

26 October – Notorious Perth serial killer Eric Edgar Cooke is

executed at Fremantle Prison; he is the last person to be hanged

in Western Australia

10 November – Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces the

reintroduction of National Service

10 December – The Queensland government declares a State of

emergency in an attempt to end the Mount Isa Mines dispute

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to discriminate against someone based on their race, religion,

sex, national origin, or the colors of their skin. It also made

segregation in public places illegal, enforced the desegregation

of schools and addressed unfair and unequal access to voting

and voter registration.

The law was considered one of the crowning achievements

during the civil rights movement and ended the Jim Crow laws

that had legalized segregation in the U.S. since the end of

slavery and the Civil War. While it did not solved the country's

racial issues or end prejudice, it was the first step in creating a

more fair and equal society.

Martin Luther King Jr. - Nobel Peace Prize On October 14th, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the

Nobel Peace Prize. the prize was awarded to him for his efforts

in leading the non-violent resistance against racial prejudice and

segregation in the U.S.. King was only 35 years old when he

received the prestigious prize, making him the youngest

recipient at the time. King was awarded $54,123 of prize

money, of which he donated to his cause in furthering the Civil

Rights Movement.

Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton

Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton for the first time.

Having first met while filming the movie Cleopatra in 1961,

actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor make their much

publicized relationship official on March 15th when they are

married in Montreal. the two had both been married when they

first started their relationship, a scandalizing event that garnered

attention from the Vatican, which condemned them. the Burton-

Taylor affair and marriage had the public fascinated and marked

the beginning of the public's enthrallment with celebrity

relationships. the pair were married until their divorce in June of

1974. They remarried each other in 1975 but divorced for a

second time in less than a year.

Mariner 4 spacecraft

The Mariner 4 spacecraft is launched by NASA.

The Mariner 4 spacecraft is launched on November 28th with

the mission of photographing and studying the atmosphere of

Mars. the Mariner 4 spacecraft reached Mars in July of 1965

and was the first successful mission to reach the red planet as

well as the first to provide images of another planet from deep

space. There were a total of twenty-one black and white photos

that Mariner 4 relayed back to Earth. the spacecraft stopped

communicating with NASA in October of 1965 when its antenna

was no longer pointing in the correct position. the Mariner 4

space probe resumed communications in 1967 but was

deactivated at the end of that year.

U.S. - the Beatles The first Beatles US Album Release "Introducing the Beatles," is

released on January 10th in the US by Vee-Jay Records

Malta - independence

Malta gains independence from the UK

Egypt - Aswan Dam

Work Begins on the Aswan Dam by diverting the Nile to a

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16 December – Melbourne's La Trobe University is founded

31 December – Donald Campbell sets new water speed record

of 276 miles per hour at Dumbleyung Lake, Western Australia

The Beatles tour Australia

Sir Percy Spender is appointed President of the International

Court of Justice

Swimmer Dawn Fraser is named Australian of the Year

Science and technology 2 October – Gladesville Bridge opened – the world's longest

concrete arch at the time.

Arts and literature Donald Horne's The Lucky Country published.

Kath Walker's We Are Going published.

My Brother Jack by George Johnston is awarded the Miles

Franklin Literary Award.

Television The launch of ATV-0 marks the birth of the third commercial

Television network, now known as Network Ten

Singer Johnny Chester hosts a new ABC TV show called Teen

Scene, which also features his backing group The Chessmen as

the house band.

20 October – Police drama Homicide begins a 12-year run and

sets the pace for Australian Television drama.

11 November – The Mavis Bramston Show premieres on HSV 7

in Melbourne.

Music

Top 10 Hits

"I Saw Her Standing There" / "Love Me Do" - The Beatles

"I Feel Fine" / "She's a Woman" - The Beatles

"Can't Buy Me Love" / "You Can't Do That" - The Beatles

"A Hard Day's Night" / "Things We Said Today" - The Beatles

"All My Loving (EP)" - The Beatles

"I Should Have Known Better" / "If I Fell" - The Beatles

"Ain't That Loving You Baby" - Elvis Presley

"Have I The Right?" - The Honeycombs

"You're My World" - Cilla Black

"Oh, Pretty Woman" - Roy Orbison

Births 15 January – Scott Emerson, politician

16 January – Chris Dittmar, squash player

23 January – Nick Breyder, junior cross country runner

25 February – Dale Last, politician

3 March – Sandy Bolton, politician

4 March – Karen Knowles, entertainer

13 March – Stephen Bennett, politician

7 April – Douglas Humphrey, philosopher/statesman

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manmade canal.

UK / France - Tunnel The British and French Governments announce commitment to

build a tunnel under the English Channel

Scotland - Forth Road Suspension Bridge

The Queen opens the Forth Road Suspension Bridge connecting

Edinburgh to Fife

U.S. - War On Poverty Campaign

President Lyndon Johnson declares a War On Poverty Campaign.

UK - Interest Rate is Raised to 7% The UK Interest Rate is Raised to 7%

UK - population

UK Report expects population to explode over next 20 years and

plans for 3 new towns including Milton Keynes

U.S. - smoking - lung cancer

U.S. Surgeon General reports that smoking may lead to lung

cancer

U.S. - Star Of India sapphire

Star Of India sapphire stolen from American Museum of Natural

History in New York

Cyprus - Civil War

Civil War breaks out in Cyprus between Greeks and Turks

Tanzania / Malawi / Malta - Independence

Tanzania Gains Independence from Great Britain and combines

the former Tanganika and the Island of Zanzibar

Malawi Gains Independence from Great Britain

Malta Gains Independence from Great Britain

Peru - Soccer Match Riot

A riot during a soccer match between Peru and Argentina ends

with the loss of 300 fans dead.

UK - Great Train Robbers

Great Train Robbers get 30 years each

Brazil - military coup A military coup d'etat in Brazil led by Gen. Humberto Castello

Branco

Japan - Olympics

The Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo, Japan

Austria - Winter Olympics

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8 April – Michael Caltabiano, politician

15 April – Lee Kernaghan, country singer/songwriter

19 April – Peter Jackson (died 1997), Australian rugby league

Footballer

30 April – Ian Healy, Cricket player and commentator

2 May – John Hathaway, politician

28 May – Jeff Fenech, boxer and trainer

3 June – Matthew Ryan, equestrian

7 June – Gia Carides, actress

9 June – Jane Kennedy, actress and comedian

3 August – Michael Healy, politician

4 August – Andrew Bartlett, politician

5 August – Dale Shuttleworth, politician

10 August – Andy Caldecott, motorcycle racer (died 2006)

14 August – Jason Dunstall, Australian Rules Football player

19 August – Dermott Brereton, Australian Rules Football player

5 September – Frank Farina, soccer player and manager

11 September – Kathy Watt, cyclist

27 October – Mark Taylor, Cricket player and commentator

28 October – Darius Perkins, actor (died 2019)

29 October – Eddie McGuire, businessman and Television

presenter

29 October – Jackie Pereira, field hockey striker

9 November – Mark Dalton, basketball player

9 December – Larry Emdur, Television presenter

16 December - Georgie Parker, actress; Gabrielle Upton,

politician

22 December – Sam Cox, politician

Deaths 23 January – Claude Hulbert, British actor (born 1900)

12 February – Arthur Upfield, author (born 1890)

18 April – Wilfred Mibus, Victorian politician (born 1900)

19 October – Nettie Palmer, author (born 1885)◘

Australian Sport 17 May Bernard "Midget" Farrelly wins the first World Surfboard

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18 July – Robert Vagg wins the men's national marathon title,

clocking 2:24:06.2 in Sydney.

Polo Prince wins the Melbourne Cup

South Australia wins the Sheffield Shield

Freya wins the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Australia places 8th in the 1964 Olympic Games with 6 gold

medals

St. George Dragons win the Australian Rugby League Grand Final

Melbourne Football Club wins the Victorian Football League

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Popular Culture 1964 Sidney Poitier becomes the first black actor to win the "best

actor" Oscar

"Hello Dolly," "Funny Girl," and "Fiddler on the Roof" premier on

Broadway in New York.

The Rolling Stones release debut album, "The Rolling Stones"

The Beatles make their first appearances on the Ed Sullivan

Show.

The Beatles have 13 singles Billboard's Hot 100 at the same

time

The first pirate radio station, Radio Caroline, is established

The Beatles hold the top five positions in the Billboard Top 40

singles in America

Bob Dylan releases "The Times They Are a-Changin" many

consider a 1960s classic as it captured the changes hapening in

society

BBC2 starts broadcasting in the UK.

Pablo Picasso painted his fourth Head of a Bearded Man

The Sun Newspaper is first published in the United Kingdom

Hasbro launch G.I. Joe an action figure for boys to join the Barbie

Doll for Girls.

Buffalo Wings (deep fried chicken wings coated with hot sauce)

are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is published written by Roald

Dahl

Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television.

Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton for the first time

Most popular movies

My Fair Lady Goldfinger

Mary Poppins The Carpetbaggers

From Russia with Love A Fistful of Dollars

Father Goose A Shot in the Dark

A Hard Day’s Night The Night of the Iguana

Academy Awards Best Picture: My Fair Lady

Best Director: George Cukor – My Fair Lady

Best Actress: Julie Andrews – Mary Poppins

Best Actor: Rex Harrison – My Fair Lady

Popular Musicians

The Beatles

Roy Orbison

Ella Fitzgerald

Simon and Garfunkel

Born This Year

8 December—Teri Hatcher

2 September—Keanu Reeves

7 April—Russell Crowe

26 May—Lenny Kravitz May ◘


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Technology BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), an

easy to learn high level programming language is introduced.

IBM announces the System/360.

The worlds first high speed rail network opens in Japan

First Ford Mustang is manufactured

Sony introduces the first VCR Home Video Recorder History of

Video Recorders

The first driver less train runs on London Underground

China explodes its first Nuclear bomb

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country (or attributed to First Use)

Computer Mouse USA by Douglas Engelbart

Bubble Wrap USA by Marc A Chavannes◘

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Governor-General Viscount De L'Isle

Prime minister Sir Robert Menzies

Australian of the Year Dawn Fraser

Elections TAS, VIC, Half-Senate

State and Territory Leaders

Premier of New South Wales – Bob Heffron (until 30 April), then

Jack Renshaw

Opposition Leader – Robert Askin


Opposition Leader – Jack Duggan

Premier of South Australia – Sir Thomas Playford IV

Opposition Leader – Frank Walsh


Opposition Leader – Angus Bethune


Opposition Leader – Clive Stoneham


Opposition Leader – Albert Hawke

Governors and Administrators

Governor of New South Wales – Lieutenant General Sir Eric

Woodward

Governor of Queensland – Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith

Governor of South Australia – Lieutenant General Sir Edric

Bastyan

Governor of Tasmania – General Sir Charles Gairdner

Governor of Victoria – Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe

Governor of Western Australia – Major General Sir Douglas

Kendrew

Administrator of Nauru – Reginald Leydin

Administrator of Norfolk Island – Robert Wordsworth, then Roger

Nott

Administrator of the Northern Territory – Roger Nott (until 1

October), then Roger Dean

Administrator of Papua and New Guinea – Sir Donald Cleland◘

Major World Political Leaders Australia - Prime Minister - Sir Robert Menzies

China - Chairman of the People's Republic of China - Liu Shaoqi

France - President - Charles de Gaulle

Russia / Soviet Union - First Secretary of the Central Committee

of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union - Nikita Khrushchev

Russia / Soviet Union - First Secretary of the CPSU - Leonid

Brezhnev

U.S. - President - Lyndon B. Johnson

United Kingdom - Prime Minister - Sir Alec Douglas-Home (Till 16

October); Harold Wilson (from 16 October 1964)◘

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1965 World the war in Vietnam continues to worsen as whatever the

Americans do including major bombing of North Vietnam they

continue to lose more men, at the same time the Anti-War

movement grows and on November 13th 35,000 march on

Washington as a protest against the war. There is also civil

unrest with rioting, looting and arson in Los Angeles. This was

also the first year mandated health warnings appeared on

cigarette packets and smoking became a no no. the latest craze

in kids toys was the Super Ball and the Skate Board. Fashions

also changed as women's skirts got shorter men's hair grew

longer as the miniskirt makes its appearance. the word

Hypertext is created to describe linking in early computer

systems and computer networking. the St Louis Arch is

completed and the Beatles release 4 new albums including

"Help".

Northeast blackout including Parts of Canada and U.S. North East

Several U.S. states (VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY and portions of NJ)

and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to

13 1/2 hours. 30 million people

The Gateway Arch In St. Louis, Missouri, the 630-foot-tall parabolic steel Gateway

Arch is completed ( the St Louis Arch).

1965 Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing African Americans the right

to vote becomes law

Gemini Space Program

The Gemini Space Program continues into 1965 and lay the

groundwork for an eventual manned mission to the moon.

"Days of Our Lives" debuts

The popular daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives" debuted on

NBC during the month of November . Known for its complicated

and shocking plot lines, the drama chronicled the fictional trials

and tribulations of modern American families. During the

1970's, the show was recognized for tackling controversial and

important subjects of the time like interracial relationships and

fertility issues. Airing nearly every weekday, "Days of Our Lives"

has currently shown over 12,000 episodes and continues to

remain popular.

“Doctor Zhivago"

The popular film "Doctor Zhivago" premieres.

The epic film "Doctor Zhivago" premieres in New York during

December . the film starred Omar Sharif as the title character



1965 in Australia Events actor, dancer and choreographer Sir Robert Helpmann is named

Australian Of The Year

the Australian Conservation Foundation is formed

the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT) is formed

Northern Territory patrol officers forcibly round up the last

groups of the Pintubi Aboriginal people still living an independent

traditional lifestyle, and resettle them on the Papunya and

Yuendumu missions

7 January—Australia's first hydrofoil ferry begins service to

Manly, in Sydney.

12 January—Bodies of two 15-year-olds, Christine Sharrock and

Marianne Schmidt, found at Wanda Beach, Sydney; case

remains unsolved.

16 January—Passenger and car ferry Empress of Australia begins

operating between Sydney and Hobart.

27 January—Police at Mt Isa given the power to arrest without

warrant and ban any person aiding the strike there; Pat Mackie

banned.

The Kinks and The Rolling Stones tour Australia

7 January – The first hydrofoil service begins on Sydney Harbour.

10 January – Evonne Goolagong wins the NSW junior hard-court

title.

11 January – The bodies of two 15-year-old girls, Christine

Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt, are found at Wanda Beach in

southern Sydney. Despite the offer of an unprecedented

£10,000 reward, the murders are never solved.

16 January – The vehicular ferry Empress Of Australia begins

operating between Sydney and Hobart.

27 January – Queensland Police are given the power to arrest

without warrant and ban anyone aiding the striking Mount Isa

Mines workers. Union leader Pat Mackie is banned from the site.

11 February—Mt Isa Mines suspends all operations.

18 February—Gas (later, oil) struck in Bass Strait from Esso-

BHP's Barracouta well.

20 February—Brand government re-elected in WA.

Duke of Edinburgh visits Australia (to 26th).

22 February—Royal Australian Mint opened in Canberra by

Prince Philip. (Begins producing the first Australian-made

decimal coins.)

- Charles Perkins leads a "freedom ride" through NSW in an

attempt to end Aboriginal segregation.

Judge Aaron Levine overturns the obscenity conviction of the

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editors of Oz magazine

Charles Perkins leads The Freedom Ride, which travels through

country NSW, protesting the racial discrimination against

Aboriginal people.

Margaret Court wins the Australian women's Tennis singles title

for the sixth consecutive year

18 February – Esso-BHP strikes gas at the Barracouta well in

Bass Strait.

20 February – Freedom Ride participants including Charles

Perkins are ejected from the Moree municipal swimming baths

after protesting against its policy of not admitting Aborigines.

22 February – Prince Philip opens the Royal Australian Mint in

Canberra.

Talbot Duckmanton succeeds Sir Charles Moses as chairman of

The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC)

The Seekers' single I'll Never Find Another You reaches #1 in the

UK charts. It becomes the first recording by an Australian act to

sell more than 1 million copies and eventually sells more than

1.75 million

1 March—Echuca, Vic., gazetted as a city.

6 March—Labor wins government in SA for the first time in 32

years; Frank Walsh becomes Premier, replacing Sir Thomas

Playford, who had been in office for 26 years and four months, a

record term in Australia.

10 March—First drawing of the birthday lottery to determine

those eligible for National Service training.

12 March—Swan Hill, Vic., becomes a city.

17 March—Legislation introduced outlawing picketing and

restricting pamphlets and banners at Mt Isa. (Strikers begin

returning to work later in month.)

20 March—Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visit Australia (to 26

Apr.).

24 March—Prime Minister Menzies announces a new concept in

tertiary education as recommended by the Martin Committee on

the Future of Tertiary Education in Australia.

1 March – The Amateur Swimming Union of Australia stuns the

nation with its decision that Olympic champion and 1964

Australian of the Year Dawn Fraser will be banned from all

amateur competition for ten years. The decision follows an

inquiry into Fraser's alleged misbehaviour during the 1964

Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

6 March – The Australian Labor Party wins the South Australian

election, taking government for the first time in 32 years. Labor

leader Frank Walsh becomes Premier, replacing LCL leader Sir

Thomas Playford, Australia's longest-serving premier, who had

held office for 26 years, 4 months.

10 March – The first drawing of the national service conscription

lottery.

17 March – The Queensland government legislates to ban

picketing and restricting pamphlets and banners at the Mount

Isa mine. The strikers workers return to work later in the month.

31 March – Merle Thorton and Rosalie Bogner chained their

ankles to the front bar of the Regatta Hotel in Brisbane in

and Julie Christie as "Lara." the story, based on a 1957 novel by

Boris Pasternak, followed two lovers who were torn apart during

the Russian Revolution. the film has been consistently ranked as

one of the best movies ever created by critics but was banned in

the USSR. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards and won

five of them including Best Music, Best Cinematography, and

Best Screenplay.

Ranger 8 Moon Mission

Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of

photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program.

Ikeya-Seki Comet

The Ikeya-Seki comet was discovered during September by

Japanese astronomers Ikeya Kaoru and Seki Tsutomu. the

extremely bright comet was visible to the naked eye in the

daylight during the next month as it made its closest approach to

the Sun. the Ikeya-Seki comet was important in that it provided a

unique opportunity for scientists to observe that type of comet

for the first time using modern scientific instruments. the last

time that a comet of this type had been spotted prior to the

Ikeya-Seki comet was in 1882.

Civil rights march in Alabama

In March Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a

peaceful demonstration for African-American civil rights and

voting rights by marching from Selma to Montgomery in

Alabama. the first two attempts at crossing the Pettus bridge

were halted by state troopers, but on the third march the

protesters were backed by the U.S. Army and National

Guardsmen and allowed to pass through. King led about three-

thousand people on the journey to the capitol and when they

arrived in Montgomery they were met by about 30,000 more

people who wished to join the demonstration. By August,

President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965

into law, guaranteeing African-Americans the right to vote.

Anti-Vietnam Teach-In

During May the largest anti-Vietnam teach-in took place at the

University of California Berkeley. Tens of thousands of people

attended the event which lasted for a day and a half and was

held at a playing field at the university. the teach-in was

organized by the Vietnam Day Committee and featured several

notable speakers and attendees, including Norman Mailer,

Norman Thomas, Dr. Benjamin Spock, and I.F. Stone. the

organizers had also invited a representative of the U.S. State

Department to speak in defense of President Johnson and the

Vietnam war, but they declined the invitation.

Canada - Maple leaf

The Maple leaf becomes Canada's new national flag symbol

Rhodesia / Zimbabwe - independence

Rhodesia Declares Unilateral Independence from Great Britain

and becomes Zimbabwe

India and Pakistan Fighting

India and Pakistan Fighting continues to escalate

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UK -- Ronnie Biggs

Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs escapes from Wandsworth

Prison and flees to Brazil.

U.S. -- Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI becomes the first Pope to visit the U.S.

U.S. -- Malcolm X

Malcolm X shot in New York

UK - Race Relations Act

Britain brings in a new Race Relations Act hoping to stop some

of the unrest in inner cities

UK -- Cigarette advertising

Cigarette advertising banned on Television in Britain

UK -- Post Office Tower The Post Office Tower opens in London

Australia - Vietnam War

Australia Joins Vietnam War

India - Hindi

Hindi becomes the official language of India.

Civil War in Dominican Republic

US Citizens Evacuated due to Civil War in Dominican Republic

Indonesia

Following attempted coup by communists in Indonesia lead to

the murder of over half million people and a transition to the

new order led by Major General Suharto.

Vietnam - Operation Rolling Thunder

Operation Rolling Thunder Launched In Vietnam on June 15th

Cuba - US Airlift

US begins airlift of Cubans wishing to leave Cuba and live in

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Toys from the Year 1965 protest against the Queensland liquor laws that banned women

from pubs.

George Johnston wins the Miles Franklin Award for his novel My

Brother Jack

29 April—Menzies announces the government's decision to send

a combat force to Vietnam following a request from Saigon for

more military aid.

27 April – Police raid Melbourne's Austral Bookshop and seize

copies of The Trial of Lady Chatterley, a banned book which

recounts of the British obscenity trial of author D. H. Lawrence.

Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that an Australian

combat force will be sent to South Vietnam in response to a

request for military aid from the South Vietnamese government.

1 May—Labor defeated in NSW after 24 years in office; R. W.

Askin becomes Premier.

13 May – The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is defeated in the

NSW State election after 24 years in government and the Liberal

Party, led by Robin Askin takes power.

27 May—First Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, leaves

Sydney in the aircraft-carrier Sydney for active duty in Vietnam.

29 May—Captain Cook Bridge, Sydney, opened.

27 May – The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment leaves

for Vietnam on HMAS Sydney.

TV variety show In Melbourne Tonight celebrates its 2000th

performance. Since its premiere in 1957 the show had earned

the Nine Network over £AU4 million in advertising revenue and it

attracted more viewers per capita than any other Television

show in the world, with the network rumoured to be paying host

Graham Kennedy more than £AU20,000 per year (14 June)

21 June – The Premier of Tasmania, Eric Reece, announces the

Gordon Power scheme will "result in some modification to the

Lake Pedder National Park", but it was still in development and

no further details were revealed.

30 June – At a speech to the Australian Club in London, PM Sir

Robert Menzies declares that Australia is in a State of war in

Vietnam.

2 July—Secondary school teachers in Vic. stage a strike, the first

teachers' strike in Australia since 1920.

18 to 20 July - Snow is recorded as far north as the Clark Range

in Queensland, killing drought-weakened livestock. At the same

time, extremely heavy rainfall in the North Coast turns drought

into flood, with Brisbane having its wettest-ever July day with

193.2 millimetres (7.6 in).

13 August—Limited free-trade agreement negotiated between

Australia and NZ.

21 August—Report of the Vernon Committee of Economic Inquiry

tabled in federal parliament. (Principal recommendations

rejected by government.)

22 August—Baron Casey succeeds Lord De L'Isle as Governor-

General.

23 September—Roma Mitchell appointed judge of the Supreme

Court of SA-the first woman to become a judge in Australia.

7 October—Sir Robert Menzies appointed Lord Warden of the

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Popular Culture 1965 The Mary Quant designed Mini Skirt appears in London and will

be the fashion statement of the Sixties

One of most popular films "Sound of Music" released

The Beatles Release the Movie and Album Help!

The Beatles Play Live Concert Shea Stadium

The Grateful Dead with Lead guitarist Jerry Garcia play their first

concert, in San Francisco

Most popular movies The Sound of Music Doctor Zhivago

Thunderball

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

That Darn Cat! The Great Race

Cat Ballou What’s New Pussycat?

Shenandoah Von Ryan’s Express

Academy Awards Best Picture: The Sound of Music

Best Director: Robert Wise – The Sound of Music

Best Actress: Julie Christie – Darling

Best Actor: Lee Marvin – Cat Ballou

Popular Musicians

The Beatles The Rolling Stones

Freddie and the Dreamers The Animals

The Kinks The Searchers

The Seekers Moody Blues

Donovan Cilla Black

Cinque Ports.

7 November—Underground fire at the Bulli colliery, NSW; four

miners killed.

16 November - Economic sanctions imposed on Rhodesia

following that country's unilateral declaration of independence.

- Churchill Fellowships awarded for the first time.

5 November – The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, is

deployed in Operation Hump in Vietnam.

13 November – Kevin Arthur Wheatley dies in Vietnam while

defending a wounded comrade. He was awarded the Victoria

Cross for his gallantry.

15 December—Harry Chan becomes the first elected president

of the NT Legislative Council.

- First section of the Sydney-Newcastle expressway opened.

25 December - Christmas

Science and technology the Siding Springs Observatory opens

Arts and literature Clifton Pugh's portrait of R.A. Henderson wins the Archibald Prize

for portraiture

Larry Sitsky's opera The Fall Of The House of Usher

Peter Sculthorpe's Sun Music I

Joan Sutherland returns to perform in Australia after 14 years

overseas

the Canberra School of Music is established

Ballet In A Nutshell (later the Sydney Dance Company) and the

Australian Dance Theatre form

The South Australian Theatre Company is formed

Sydney's Philip St Theatre stages its famous comedy revue A Cup

Of Tea, A Bex and A Good Lie Down. The production runs for

twelve months, and the title passes into common usage.

The Ambassador (Morris West)

The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea (Randolph Stow)

The Slow Natives by Thea Astley is awarded the Miles Franklin

Literary Award

Film Faces In The Sun wins the AFI Award for Best Film

Television Jimmy Hannan wins the Gold Logie Award

Music

Top 10 Hits

"Que Sera, Sera" / "Shakin' All Over" - Normie Rowe

"The Carnival is Over" - The Seekers

"Help!" - The Beatles

"Rock and Roll Music" / "Honey Don't" - The Beatles

"Crying in the Chapel" - Elvis Presley

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Dusty Springfield Tom Jones

Born This Year

19 October—Ty Pennington

30 November—Ben Stiller

25 March—Sarah Jessica Parker

31 July—J K Rowling ◘

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Technology Ranger 9 sends back live TV broadcast when it crashes on to the

moon

Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for

12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space

Major Edward H. White II becomes the second human to walk in

space during the flight of Gemini 4


Space Walk Russia Aleksei Leonov - first person outside space

vehicle

Optical Disk USA by James Russell - now Compact Disk

Hypertext USA by Ted Nelson - concept for linking, later

developed for use in webpages on the Internet

Respirator ( replacement for the Iron Lung ) USA◘


"I'll Never Find Another You" - The Seekers

"The Wedding" - Julie Rogers

"Under the Boardwalk" / "Walking the Dog" - Rolling Stones

"Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" - Herman's Hermits

"Ticket to Ride" - The Beatles

Births 25 January – Luke Woolmer, politician

17 March – Tarnya Smith, politician

6 April – Tim Nicholls, politician

18 April – Fiona Simpson, politician

24 April – Lucinda Cowden, actress

10 May - Greg Fasala, swimmer; Paul Langmack, rugby league

player and coach

13 May – John McVeigh, politician

15 May – Glenn Seton, racing driver

23 May – Paul Sironen, rugby league player

31 May – Todd McKenney, entertainer

2 June – Steve Waugh[circular reference], Mark Waugh[circular

reference], Cricket players

4 June – Michael Doohan, motorcycle racer

9 July – Steve Minnikin, politician

12 July – Jennifer Howard, politician

25 July – Dale Shearer, rugby league Footballer

2 August – Joe Hockey, politician

28 August – Steve Walters, rugby league Footballer of the 1980s

and 1990s.

1 September – Craig McLachlan, actor and singer

19 September – Antonella Gambotto-Burke, author and

journalist

21 September – David Wenham, actor

26 October – Steve Davies, politician

29 October – Andrew Ettingshausen, rugby league Footballer of

the 1980s and 1990s

1 November – Michael Daley, politician

5 December – Simon Finn, politician

11 December – Glenn Lazarus, rugby league Footballer of the

1980s and 1990s.

Deaths 20 February – Lex Davison, racing driver (born 1923)

2 November – H. V. Evatt, politician and diplomat (born 1894)◘

Australian Sport Light Fingers won the Melbourne Cup.

Cricket: Australia lose a five test series away to the West Indies 2

-1. The West Indies side includes greats such as Garry Sobers

and Rohan Kanhai, while Australia featured opening batsmen

Bill Lawry and Bobby Simpson.

Rugby League: 1965 NSWRFL season St George wins the tenth

of a record eleven consecutive premierships in the NSWRL. They

were not to win again until 1977, then in 1979. 31 years later,

they won in 2010.

Golf: The Australian Veteran Golfers Association. (A.V.G.A.) was

formed on 7 July 1965 by four businessmen, Messrs. A Hall,

W.Foulsham J.Barkel and H.Hattersley. ◘

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Governor-General Viscount De L'Isle, then Lord Casey

Prime minister Sir Robert Menzies


Elections WA, SA, NSW


Premier of New South Wales – Jack Renshaw (until 13 May),

then Robert Askin

Opposition Leader – Robert Askin (until 13 May), then Jack

Renshaw


Opposition Leader – Jack Duggan

Premier of South Australia – Sir Thomas Playford IV (until 10

March), then Frank Walsh

Opposition Leader – Frank Walsh (until 10 March), then Sir

Thomas Playford IV


Opposition Leader – Angus Bethune


Opposition Leader – Clive Stoneham


Opposition Leader – Albert Hawke


Governor of New South Wales – Lieutenant General Sir Eric

Woodward (until 31 July)

Governor of Queensland – Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith


Bastyan




Kendrew

Administrator of Nauru – Reginald Leydin

Administrator of Norfolk Island – Roger Nott

Administrator of the Northern Territory – Roger Dean

Administrator of Papua and New Guinea – Sir Donald Cleland




Russia / Soviet Union -- First Secretary of the CPSU -- Leonid

Brezhnev

U.S. -- President -- Lyndon B. Johnson

United Kingdom -- Prime Minister -- Harold Wilson ◘

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1966 World inflation grew as part of the effect to fund the war in Vietnam

continued. Both the US and USSR continued in their space race

to see who would be the first to land a man on the moon. Race

riots continued to increase across cities in America and National

Guards were needed to bring back law and order. the fashions in

both America and UK came from a small well known street in

London ( Carnaby Street ) part of the swinging London scene,

both women and men wore patterned pants and flowered shirts

and boots, shoes and even caps utilized the plastic and vinyl for

a wet shiny look. the most popular groups included the "Beach

Boys" with Pet Sounds, the "Rolling Stones" with Under my

Thumb and the "Beatles" with Revolver, and Yesterday and

Today.

Vietnam Protests

March 26th Vietnam War international days of protest

Aberfan Disaster

Aberfan disaster in South Wales on October 21st in United

Kingdom, a slag heap containing unwanted rock from the local

coal mine slid down Merthyr Mountain. As it collapsed it

destroyed twenty houses and a farm before going on to demolish

virtually all of Pantglas Junior School 144 people were killed,

116 of whom were children mostly between the ages of 7 and

10.

The Mini Skirt The name Mini-Skirt is attributed to Mary Quant who also went

on to popularize hot pants in the later years, Although many

designers claim Mini Skirts as their idea it was due to a

combination of young women who became a powerful class of

consumers demanding a fashion that matched the spirit of youth

and in many way dictated to the designers what they wanted and

changes to society in general in the swinging Sixties.

"Batman" television series

The campy and outlandish television show "Batman" airs for the

first time on ABC during January . the show featured Adam West

as the super-hero "Batman"and Burt Ward as his young sidekick

"Robin." the show was tremendously popular after its debut but

only lasted for three seasons as interest in the series declined

and it was canceled in 1968. the show was known for its simple

moral lessons and for airing two episodes per week with the first

episode ending in a cliffhanger to be resolved during the second

episode when it aired the following day. Considered to be a

cultural phenomenon during the decade, many high profile stars

made guest appearances on the show, sometimes being

featured as villains. Some of the notable names to appear in

either recurring roles or small guest roles included Vincent Price,

Julie Newmar, Cesar Romero, Eartha Kitt, Burgess Meredith,

Frank Gorshin, Rudy Vallee, Joan Collins, Lesley Gore, Zsa Zsa



1966 in Australia Events 26 January – Robert Menzies, Australia's longest-serving Prime

Minister, retires and is succeeded by Harold Holt;

The Beaumont children are abducted during a visit to Glenelg

beach in Adelaide and are never seen again.

14 February – Decimalisation of the Australian currency; the

Australian dollar replaces the Australian pound at the rate of ten

shillings to the dollar.

The Australian Workers' Union affiliates with the Australian

Council of Trade Unions

the severe drought which has stricken large areas of Australia

since 1957, particularly in rural NSW and Queensland, is finally

eased by widespread rains

Jørn Utzon resigns as architect of the Sydney Opera House,

following a bitter struggle with the new Public Works Minister

Davis Hughes over fees, costs and design changes

Jack Brabham is named Australian of the Year

The first National Service conscripts fly out from Richmond RAAF

base in Sydney bound for Vietnam

7 April – New South Wales repeals the Sunday Observance Act,

allowing theatres and cinemas to open, Sporting Events to

charge admission and clubs to sell alcohol on Sundays.

21 June – Federal ALP leader Arthur Calwell is injured in an

assassination attempt by 19-year-old Peter Kocan.

Japan replaces Great Britain as Australia's largest trading

partner

the Council for the Defence of Government Schools (DOGS) is

formed in Melbourne

the Queensland government grants sand mining leases on

Fraser Island without holding the required public hearings

General Motors Holden becomes the first local car manufacturer

to install seat belts as standard equipment in all its new

vehicles.

Western Mining Corporation discover rich nickel ore deposits at

Kambalda in Western Australia's Goldfields region.

The Prince of Wales arrives in Australia to attend Geelong

Grammar School's exclusive Timbertop preparatory school.

the Federal government announces the formation of a military

Task Force (including conscripts), increasing Australia's

commitment to the Vietnam War to 4,500.

US Vice-President Hubert Humphrey visits Australia to assure the

Australian government that the war is being directed by Hanoi

and Peking, and that it represents one of China's numerous

offensives in Asia

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Gabor, Milton Berle, and Sammy Davis Jr.

Star Trek debuts The popular television show Star Trek debuts in September.

the television show "Star Trek" debuts on NBC

during September .

the science fiction show followed Captain James T. Kirk and his

diverse crew of humans and aliens on their futuristic space

adventures.

It was created by Gene Roddenberry to be a show similar in style

to the popular Westerns of the time but set in space, with each

episode featuring a new adventure with a modern morality

lesson.

Many critics and television executives did not understand the

show and it only aired for three original seasons.

After it ended, the show gained a cult following over the years

and became more popular, spurring the creation of several films

and six spin-offs.

Gemini 8

The Gemini 8 space mission is aborted early after technical

difficulties interrupt the mission.

Gemini 10 The Gemini 10 space mission launches and is completed

successfully.

Lunar Orbiter 1

NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 was launched during August and became

the first U.S. spacecraft to orbit the Moon, the Soviet Union had

accomplished the same feat during April of that year with their

Luna 10 mission. the Lunar Orbiter 1 mission's main purpose

was to photograph the Moon while also conducting experiments.

the orbiter made it into the Moon's orbit successfully and took

over 200 high resolution and medium resolution images,

including the first two photos of Earth taken from the distance of

the Moon. the spacecraft continued to orbit the Moon until the

end of October when it was purposefully crashed into the surface

of the Moon.

U.S. -- ATS-1 Satellite

The ATS-1 (Applications Technology Satellite) was launched by

NASA during December . the ATS-1 was an experimental satellite

that weighed about 750 pounds. It carried several experiments,

including 2 for meteorological purposes. One of the experiments

took full disk hemispheric images of the Earth every half hour.

ATS-1 remained operational as it orbited around the Equator

until December of 1978 when it was deactivated.

Luna 9

The Luna 9 spacecraft arrives on the Moon during February . the

Luna 9 mission was launched by the Soviet Union at the end of

January and became the first spacecraft to make a successful

soft landing on the Moon in February. It also became the first

mission to take and transmit photographs on the surface of the

Moon back to Earth. the craft measured the radiation that was

detected on the Moon's surface and determined that potential

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Victoria extends hotel trading hours from 6pm to 10pm, ending

the infamous "Six O'Clock Swill". Driving with a blood alcohol

level over 0.05% becomes a criminal offence.

On advice from Immigration Minister Hubert Opperman, federal

cabinet reverses a decision of September 1964, agreeing that

non-Europeans could be selected on an individual basis to enter

as immigrants with permanent resident status and

naturalisation on an equal basis with European applicants

The Arbitration Commission introduces a minimum weekly wage

for adult male employees under federal awards

Australian forces engage in their first major battle in Vietnam at

the Battle of Long Tan, inflicting heavy losses on NLF troops

23 August – two hundred Gurindji people walk off Wave Hill

Station in the Northern Territory in protest at low wages and poor

conditions

US President Lyndon Johnson arrives for a 3-day visit of

Australian east coast cities, sparking rowdy demonstrations by

anti-war protesters

The Liberal Reform Group (which later evolves into the Australian

Party) is founded

Conscientious objector William White is forcibly taken from his

home in Sydney and inducted into the army

Australia negotiates an agreement for an American spy satellite

base to be established at Pine Gap in the Northern Territory

22 September – Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes near Winton,

Queensland, killing all 24 people on board.

26 November – The Liberal government of Harold Holt scores a

massive victory in the 1966 federal election, and is returned to

power with the largest majority in the federal parliament's 65-

year history.

Science and technology Sydney industrial designer Harry Widmer wins the prestigious

F.H. Edwards Laurel Award for his design for the Kriesler Mini 41

–47 portable radio. The 41-47's innovative polypropylene plastic

casing is the first use of this material anywhere in the world in

consumer electronics

Australia's first satellite communications earth station opens at

Carnarvon in WA

Jon Molvig's portrait of Charles Blackman wins the Archibald

Prize

Fred Williams' Upwey Landscape is awarded the Wynne Prize

John Cargher's Singers Of Renown begins on ABC Radio; Cargher

is still presenting the show in 2007

both Sydney's and Melbourne's Tivoli Theatres are closed

Marion Street Theatre opens in Sydney

Confectionery manufacturer Hoadley's inaugurates Australia's

first national pop band competition, the Hoadley's Battle of the

Sounds

Trap by Peter Mathers is awarded the Miles Franklin Literary

Award

Patrick White: The Solid Mandala

Geoffrey Blainey: The Tyranny of Distance

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future landers would not sink into the surface as well. the signal

from the Luna 9 spacecraft stopped after a few days, ending the

mission.

U.S. -- Gemini 12 Mission

NASA’s final Gemini mission, Gemini 12, was launched during

November . Gemini 12 carried Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell into

space where they carried out several experiments during its four

day mission. the main purpose of the mission was to conduct

several periods of extravehicular activity, which they did

successfully. the astronauts also performed a docking with the

Agena spacecraft. the Gemini program paved the way for future

missions in the Apollo program, which also led to the Moon

landing.

USSR's Luna 10 The Soviet Union's Luna 10 spacecraft became the first man-

made object to orbit the Moon during April . Luna 10 was

launched by the USSR at the end of March, its mission being to

orbit the Moon, observe the environment of the Moon, and to

experience how to complete orbital operations in preparation for

a potential manned-mission. As the craft orbited the Moon it

collected data about the lunar magnetic field, radiation levels, its

gravity field, and the composition of the lunar surface. Luna 10

completed a total of 460 lunar orbits during its 56 active days

before it lost communication abilities when its battery died,

ending the mission.

U.S. launches the Surveyor 1

NASA launched the Surveyor 1 space probe during May .

Surveyor 1 became the first U.S. spacecraft to successfully

conduct a soft landing on the Moon. the Soviet Union had

already done accomplished this feat earlier in the year with Luna

9. the unmanned Surveyor 1 mission was highly successful in its

objectives and the robotic probe was able to transmit over

10,000 images of the lunar surface back to Earth. the Surveyor

1 mission was important in that it laid the groundwork for an

eventual manned mission to the Moon which was accomplished

in July of 1969.

US Population 195 million US Population exceeds 195 million

U.S. -- 500,000 troops in Vietnam

US has nearly 500,000 troops in Vietnam

U.S. -- Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan enters politics on June 7th becoming governor of

California

Canada -- Canada Pension Plan Canada Introduces it's earnings-related social insurance

program the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)

Salvation Army

The Salvation Army Celebrates 100 years

U.S. - Health Warning

All cigarette packets in the U.S. must carry the health warning

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The first edition of the pop magazine Go-Set is published in

Melbourne

The Seekers return to Australia for a triumphant concert tour.

The Rolling Stones return to Australia for their second tour

Bob Dylan makes his first tour of Australia, supported by The

Band

The Easybeats leave for London◘

Film The Admiral's Cup wins the AFI Best Film award

Bruce Beresford is appointed secretary of the British Film

Institute's Film Production Board◘

Television Gordon Chater wins the Gold Logie

Play School first aired on 18 July 1966◘

Music

Top 10 Hits

"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" - Nancy Sinatra

"We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper" - The Beatles

"Yellow Submarine" / "Eleanor Rigby" - The Beatles

"Hitch Hiker" - Bobby and Laurie

"Somewhere My Love" - Ray Conniff and the Singers

"Lady Godiva" - Peter and Gordon

"Ooh La La" - Normie Rowe

"Step Back" / "Cara Lyn" - Johnny Young and Kompany

"Winchester Cathedral" - The New Vaudeville Band

"Friday on My Mind" - The Easybeats

Births 1 January – Anna Burke, politician

4 February – Tony Butterfield, rugby league player

22 February – Brian Greig, politician

24 February – David Harris, politician

9 March – Tony Lockett, AFL Football player; Jonathan O'Dea,

politician

10 March – Katrina Hodgkinson, politician

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"Caution! Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health."

Germany - Berlin Wall 4 dig under the Berlin Wall to gain freedom from East Germany

Italy - Flooding

The Arno River floods causing the flooding of the city of Florence,

with thousands of historic books, manuscripts and fine art

destroyed.

Indonesia

200,000 face starvation on the island of Lombak, Indonesia

Pakistan - India - Peace Pakistani-Indian peace negotiations end successfully

Australia Dollar

The Australian Dollar was introduced at a rate of two dollars per

pound, or ten shillings per dollar.

Italy - Pope Paul VI

Pope Paul VI and Arthur Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of

Canterbury, meet in Rome - the first official meeting for 400

years between the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches

Turkey - Earthquake

Earthquake in Turkey - 2394 dead, 10000 injured

UK - Moors murderers

The Moors murderers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley are jailed for

life for the murder of 3 children

UK - drink driving laws

The UK implements much tougher new drink driving laws.

UK - World Cup

England defeats Germany to win the 1966 World Cup Final. Find

Out More About More Football World Cup and the origins,

growth, and the modern game of soccer.

China's Cultural Revolution

China under Chairman Mao launches China's Cultural

Revolution and begins purging intellectuals August 13th◘

Technology Worlds first vertical Jump Jet the Harrier is introduced in UK

Hovercraft service begins over the English Channel

Pampers create the first disposable Diaper

Color Television Sets become popular


Kevlar USA by Stephanie Kwolek

Fibre Optics England by Charles Keo and George Hockham

Moon Landing Russia Luna 9 lands softly on the Moon

Space Docking USA Gemini VIII docks with an orbiting satellite◘

1 July – Simon Arkell, pole vaulter

30 July – Allan Langer, rugby league player

3 August – Simon Shirley, decathlete

4 September – Gary Neiwand, track cyclist

18 December – Melina Bath, politician and schoolteacher◘

Deaths 21 January – Richard Layton Butler (born 1885), Premier of South Australia◘

Australian Sport 21 May – Anthony Cook wins the men's national marathon title,

clocking 2:20:44.6 in Ballarat.

St Kilda defeats Collingwood in the VFL Grand Final

Galilee wins the Melbourne Cup

NSW yacht Cadence wins the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

The St George Dragons win their 11th consecutive NSWRL

premiership defeating the Balmain Tigers◘

Major World Political Leaders Australia -- Prime Minister -- Sir Robert Menzies (Till 26 January);

Harold Holt (from 26 January)




Brezhnev


United Kingdom -- Prime Minister -- Harold Wilson◘

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Popular Culture 1966 Author Jacqueline Susann has her first novel, Valley of the Dolls

published

Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" the animated

television special adapted from the book is shown for first time

on CBS

Simon and Garfunkel release Sounds of Silence,

Most popular movies

The Bible: In the Beginning…

Hawaii Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

The Sand Pebbles A Man for All Seasons

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming

Grand Prix Blowup

Academy Awards

Best Picture: A Man for All Seasons

Best Director: Fred Zinnemann – A Man for All Seasons

Best Actress: Elizabeth Taylor – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Best Actor: Paul Scofield – A Man

Popular Musicians The Mamas and the Papas The Beatles

The Monkees The Beach Boys

The Rolling Stones Simon and Garfunkel

Popular Songs

I'm a Believer the Monkees

Good Vibrations the Beach Boys

Monday Monday the Mamas and the Papas

Wild Thing the Troggs

Born This Year

2 November—David Schwimmer

8 November—Gordon Ramsay

9 September—Adam Sandler

30 June—Mike Tyson ◘

Australian Political Figures Monarchy Elizabeth II

Governor-General Lord Casey

Prime minister Sir Robert Menzies, then Harold Holt


Elections QLD, Federal


Premier of New South Wales – Robert Askin


Premier of South Australia – Frank Walsh


Premier of Victoria – (Sir) Henry Bolte



Governor of New South Wales – Sir Roden Cutler (from 20

January)

Governor of Queensland – Colonel Sir Henry Abel Smith (until 18

March), then Sir Alan Mansfield (from 21 March)


Bastyan




Kendrew

Administrator of Nauru – Reginald Leydin (until February), then

Leslie King (from 3 May)

Administrator of Norfolk Island – Roger Nott, then Reginald

Marsh


Administrator of Papua and New Guinea – Sir Donald Cleland

(until December)◘


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1967 World the continued presence of American troops increased further

and a total of 475,000 were serving in Vietnam and the peace

rallies were multiplying as the number of protesters against the

war increased. the Boxer Muhammad Ali was stripped of his

boxing world championship for refusing to be inducted into the

US Army. In the middle east Israel also went to war with Syria,

Egypt and Jordan in the six day war and when it was over Israel

controlled and occupied a lot more territory than before the war.

Once again in the summer cities throughout America exploded in

rioting and looting the worst being in Detroit on July 23rd where

7000 national Guard were bought in to restore law and order on

the streets. In England a new type of model became a fashion

sensation by the name of Twiggy and mini skirts continued to get

shorter and even more popular with a short lived fashion being

paper clothing. Also during this year new Discotheques and

singles bars appeared across cities around the world and the

Beatles continued to reign supreme with the release of "Sgt.

Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band" album, and this year was also

coined the summer of love when young teenagers got friendly

and smoked pot and grooved to the music of "The Grateful Dead.

Jefferson Airplane and the Byrds". the movie industry moved with

the times and produced movies that would appeal to this

younger audience including "The Graduate" Bonnie and Clyde"

and "Cool Hand Luke" . TV shows included "The Fugitive" and

"The Monkees" and color television sets become popular as the

price comes down and more programmes are made in color.

Israel --- Six Day War Six Day War Arab Forces attack Israel beginning the Yom Kippur

War when Arab forces were defeated and Israel took possession

of additional territory

United Kingdom -- Ariel-3 Satellite

Ariel-3, the first all-British made satellite, was launched into an

orbit around the Earth during May. the satellite was launched

with the help of NASA from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in

California and it carried five experiments from British

universities. the experiments measured atmospheric noise, high

altitude oxygen levels, low frequency radiation, medium

frequency waves, and electron density and temperature. After its

launch it orbited the Earth every 95 minutes and relayed data

back to the United Kingdom until 1970 when it re-entered

Earth’s atmosphere.

U.S. --- Improved Car Safety Design

Following the publication of Ralph Nader's book "unsafe at any

speed" puts pressure on the government and the automobile

industry to improve safety in cars.

1967 in Australia Events 18 January – The Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao

Ky begins a controversial visit to Australia. He is welcomed by

supporters of South Vietnam but is then constantly heckled by

anti-war protesters, and Harold Holt is forced to deny that Ky and

his supporters are corrupt and were responsible for murdering

his predecessor, President Ngo Dinh Diem.

First student intake at Macquarie University.

3 February – Ronald Ryan becomes the last man hanged in

Australia; he was executed for the murder of prison warder

George Hodson while escaping from Pentridge Prison on 19

December 1965.

7 February – Black Tuesday in Tasmania – massive bushfires

devaState much of the Tasmanian capital of Hobart and

surrounding areas.

8 February – Gough Whitlam defeats Dr Jim Cairns and Frank

Crean to replace the retiring Arthur Calwell as leader of the

federal Australian Labor Party.

1 March – The Royal Australian Navy replaces the British White

Ensign flag on all its ships with the Australian White Ensign.

1 March – The Duke of Edinburgh visits Australia.

8 March – La Trobe University is officially opened.

13 March – Bessie Rischbieth protested against the Mounts Bay

reclamation project on the Swan River and the building of the

Narrows Bridge and dies.

4 April – The Australian government announces it will not ban

the oral contraceptive pill, maintaining that the risk of

thrombosis is "very slight".

7 April – Australian military adviser Major Peter Badcoe is killed

in action in Vietnam during an operation in Hương Trà District

with the 1st ARVN Division Reaction Company.

12 April – Australian Roman Catholic bishops publicly declare

their opposition to the war in Vietnam.[

29 April – A majority in the New England region of New South

Wales voted against the creation of a new State in the

referendum.

25 May – The report by the Tasmanian Hydro Electric

Commission on the Gordon Power scheme was tabled in

parliament and the Government of Tasmania sought approval for

$100 million funding.

27 May – Indigenous Australians (technically only the Aboriginal

race – see Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals)) are given

the right to be counted in the national census after a national

referendum and legislation changing citizenship laws, but voters

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South Africa -- Heart Transplant

The first successful human to human heart transplant takes

place during December. Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the

operation on the 53-year-old patient Louis Washkansky. the

operation took place at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape

Town, South Africa. the transplant was successful and

Washkansky’s body did not reject the organ, although he did die

just 18 days later due to double pneumonia brought on by the

immunosuppressive drugs that he had to take. After the

success, Barnard continued to perform successful heart

transplants with the survival times of patients increasing

gradually as technology advanced.

U.S. - Thurgood Marshall Confirmed

Thurgood Marshall becomes the first black justice on the

Supreme Court.

United Kingdom --- Pirate Radio Stations The Marine, etc., Broadcasting (Offences) Act came into effect

outlawing the Pirate Radio Stations who had gained a massive

following among the youth.

United Kingdom -- SS Torrey Canyon Spill

The SS Torrey Canyon supertanker ran aground off the South of

England March 18th causing a large oil spill and ecological

disaster. the tanker ran aground between the Land’s End and

Scilly Isles and leaked over 100,000 tons of crude oil into the

sea. the oil reached the coasts of the Channel Islands and

France and the oil slick spanned about 270 square miles. the

spill was the worst in history at that time and prompted tighter

international regulations for ships.

U.S. - Lunar Orbiter 3

NASA launches the Lunar Orbiter 3 spacecraft during February .

the main purpose of the Lunar Orbiter 3 mission was to

photograph the surface of the Moon in order to find and analyze

potential safe landing sites for future missions in the Surveyor

and Apollo programs. the cone-shaped craft also measured

radiation and micro-meteoroid impact. the mission lasted for a

total of 264 days and it ended in October after taking 149

medium resolution and 477 high resolution photographs.

Gibraltar Referendum

The territory of Gibraltar holds a referendum on whether or not

to stay with Great Britain or join Spain on September 10th,

1967. An overwhelming majority of the citizens of Gibraltar voted

in favor of keeping British sovereignty with 99% in favor and a

95% voter turnout. the territory had been under British control

since 1713 and was an important naval point for Britain since it

borders where the Atlantic Ocean joins the Mediterranean Sea.

By 1981, Gibraltar residents were granted British citizenship and

the territory was soon able to self-govern.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one

of rock's most acclaimed albums.

The popular rock band the Beatles release the experimental

concept album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" during

June . the band had just declared an end to their touring and as

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19 December – Following the disappearance and presumed

death of Holt, Country Party leader John McEwen is sworn in as

interim Prime Minister pending the election of a new government

leader by the Coalition parties.

20 December – John McEwen announced he will not serve in a

government led by Liberal Party deputy leader William McMahon,

Harold Holt's presumed successor, triggering a leadership crisis

for the Coalition.

Unknown and general dates

General Motors Holden exports its 100,000th car and launches

its first compact sedan, the Torana.

Sydney is rocked by a series of brutal underworld killings as rival

gangs battle for control of the city's lucrative gambling and

prostitution rackets

Bomber aircraft from No. 2 Squadron RAAF Canberra are

deployed to Phan Rang airbase in South Vietnam

Federal Cabinet decides to drop the word 'British' from the cover

of Australian pasSports, and agrees that it will have to amend

the Nationality and Citizenship Act to change the designation

'British subject' on the inside of pasSports.

Australia Square Tower, Australia's first true skyscraper, is

completed.

In an exceptionally dry year across Victoria, South Australia and

southwestern New South Wales, Melbourne records only 332.3

millimetres (13.08 in) and Adelaide only 257.8 millimetres

(10.15 in), in both cases this being the driest year on record by a

substantial margin.

Science and technology 17 March – Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station is opened near

Canberra.

April – Dung beetles released between Broome, Western

Australia and Townsville, Queensland in the Australian Dung

Beetle Project, led by Dr. George Bornemissza of the CSIRO in an

attempt to control the buffalo fly.

1 May – Health authorities begin the first national polio

immunisation campaign using the new Sabin oral vaccine

developed by Dr Jonas Salk.

29 November – Australia's first satellite, WRESAT, is launched

on an American Redstone rocket from Woomera, South

Australia.

Arts and literature 26 July – The Groop wins Hoadley's Battle of the Sounds

30 July – Melbourne's La Mama Theatre opens.

1 November – National Gallery of Australia established by the

Commonwealth Government with an announcement by prime

minister Harold Holt that the Government would construct the

building

November – The song "Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" sung by

Johnny Farnham is released.

December – National Gallery of Victoria building designed by Roy

Grounds opens

Thomas Keneally's novel Bring Larks and Heroes wins the Miles

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the freedom to record whatever they wanted set in, they set out

to collaborate on their eighth album. They spent more time than

they ever had before recording this album and focused on

experimenting with sound and lyrics in a way that they had not

been able to do while touring. Thought of by many as the

definitive Beatles album it was considered one of their best at

the time of its release and featured such songs as "With a Little

Help from My Friends," "A Day in the Life," and "Lucy in the Sky

with Diamonds."

Rolling Stone magazine

The very first issue of Rolling Stone magazine was released in

November . Created by Jann Wenner in San Francisco, the

magazine was intended to reflect the youth's perspective on

music, politics, and popular culture, while maintaining a more

professional journalistic standard than many other similar

publication of the time. the magazine became known for its

iconic covers, with John Lennon gracing the first issue. Rolling

Stone magazine has since remained popular in modern times,

publishing over 1,000 issues.

U.S. -- First Cryonically Preserved Man

Dr. James H. Bedford became the first person to be cryonically

preserved after his death in January . Bedford, a 73 year old

psychology professor who died of kidney cancer, asked to be

preserved with the hope that he could be revived in the future.

He was frozen within hours of his death by the Cryonics Society

of California. Robert Prehoda, Dr. Dante Brunol, Robert Nelson,

and Dr. Renault Able all took part in the process, during which

Bedford’s body was injected with chemicals meant to help

preserve him better in cold temperatures, stored in a

“cryocapsule” and kept in a bath of liquid nitrogen at -196 C. He

has remained at the Alcor Life Preservation Foundation since

1982 after being transferred to several different facilities.

RMS Queen Mary

The RMS Queen Elizabeth II Passenger Liner is launched by

Cunard to replace the older Queen's

Francis Chichester

Francis Chichester arrives back in Plymouth on May 28th after

sailing round the world single-handed

New Zealand - Inflation

Inflation costs of living range from 1.8% US to 5.8% New Zealand

Greece -- Military Coup

Military Coup in Greece and Colonel George Papadopoulos takes

over

Biafra -

Biafra proclaims its independence from Nigeria

U.S. - Race Riots Race Riots break out in a number of Cities in the U.S. Cleveland,

Newark and Detroit

UK - EEC membership

United Kingdom and Ireland apply officially for EEC membership

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Toys from The Year 1967

reject a third referendum question about breaking the nexus

between the sizes of the Senate and the House of

Representatives.

29 May – The new Australian 5-dollar note goes into circulation.

1 June – Don Dunstan succeeds Frank Walsh as Premier of

South Australia, after Walsh retires under pressure from his

Party.

7 June – Launceston, Tasmania, records the highest barometric

pressure on record for Australia with a reading of 1044.3

millibars or 30.84 inHg.

25 June – Sydney underworld figure Richard Gabriel Reilly is

murdered.

29 June – The Tasmanian Government passes a Bill revoking

the national park status of Lake Pedder, allowing the Hydro

Electric Commission to construct a dam flooding the lake.[15]

1 July – The postcode system of postal address coding is

introduced throughout Australia.

1 August – Qantas Airways drops the word 'Empire' from its

name.

9 September – Proposed changes to Queensland laws governing

public demonstrations results in 3,500 people protesting in the

streets of Brisbane. Queensland Police arrest 114 people.

16 September – The U.S. Naval Communication Station North

West Cape near Exmouth, Western Australia is declared

operational.

28 September – amendments to the South Australian Licensing

Act came into effect ending the era of the Six o'clock swill in

Australia

1 October – The NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service is

established.

20 October – Australia unlinks the Australian dollar from British

currency, when the British government makes a decision to

devalue the pound sterling.

27 November - Singer John Farnham, then known as Johnny

Farnham, releases Sadie (The Cleaning Lady). It was his first

Number 1.

14 December – South Australia's Simpson Desert Conservation

Park and Queensland's Simpson Desert National Park are

proclaimed.

17 December – Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears while

swimming in heavy surf at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria.[

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Popular Culture 1967 Monterey International Pop Music Festival in California features

some of the 60's Icons including Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Janis

Joplin, the Steve Miller Band, Simon & Garfunkel and the

Grateful Dead

Evel Knievel jumps his motorcycle over 16 cars lined up in a row,

fails in his attempt to jump the fountains at Caesars Palace in

Las Vegas

Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour" LP, release the double A-

sided single with Penny Lane / "Strawberry Fields Forever".

John Lennon's gets his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce

delivered

Elvis Presley Marries Priscilla on May 1st

Premiere of the musical Hair

Barbara Streisand performs in Central Park before 135,000

Otis Reading dies in a plane crash aged 26

Carrol Shelby Mustang GT-500 Fastback was released

Most popular movies

The Graduate The Jungle Book

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Bonnie and Clyde

The Dirty Dozen Valley of the Dolls

You Only Live Twice To Sir, with Love

The Born Losers Thoroughly Modern Millie

Academy Awards Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night

Best Director: Mike Nichols – The Graduate

Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Best Actor: Rod Steiger – In the Heat of the Night

Popular Musicians

The Rolling Stones The Supremes

The Beatles The Doors

Bob Dylan Aretha Franklin

The Grateful Dead The Monkees

Elvis Presley The Beach Boys

The Bee Gees Cream

Pink Floyd Moody Blues

David Bowie The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Popular TV Program

The Prisoner The Forsyte Saga

Coronation Street The Beverly Hillbillies

The Lucy Show The Saint

Z-Cars Doctor Who

General Hospital Bewitched

Crossroads Jeopardy!

Peyton Place Top of the Pops

Hogan's Heroes I Dream of Jeannie

Tom and Jerry Star Trek

The Monkees

Born This Year

21 September—Faith Hill 26 October—Keith Urban

31 October—Vanilla Ice 20 February—Kurt Cobain ◘

Franklin Award

Joan Lindsay's Picnic at Hanging Rock is published

Judy Cassab's portrait of Margo Lewers wins the Archibald Prize

Museum of the Riverina established in Wagga Wagga, New

South Wales

Christina Stead's Cotters' England published

John Brack's Nude With Dressing Gown is painted

Film Interaction: Moving and Painting (dir. Gil Brealy) wins the AFI

Award for Best Film

Journey Out of Darkness (dir. James Trainor)

The Pudding Thieves (dir. Brian Davies)

Robbery (dir. Peter Yates)

Shades Of Puffing Billy (dir. Antonio Colacino)

Wheels Across A Wilderness (dir. Malcolm Leyland)

Forgotten Cinema (dir. Anthony Buckley), the influential

documentary about the rise and fall of the Australian feature

Film industry

Television 10 April – The ninth Logie Awards are held on board the TSS

Fairstar cruise ship. Graham Kennedy wins his third Gold Logie.

10 April – This Day Tonight, Australia's first national nightly TV

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Philippines - Typhoon Emma

Typhoon Emma leaves 140,000 homeless and more than 300

dead.

China

The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.

UK - devalues the pound Britain devalues the pound by lowering the exchange rate from

$2.80 to $2.40

British Road Safety Act

The British Road Safety Act which allows for the use of the

"breathalyser" to detect motorists, over the legal limit goes into

effect.

Turkey - Soccer riot

Soccer riot in Sivas, Turkey kills 41

UK - Torrey Canyon

The tanker "Torrey Canyon" runs aground on rocks off Land's

End March 18thcausing an ecological disaster

Space

Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the

Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and

Other Celestial Bodies signed by the U.S. and the Soviet Union

comes into force on October 10th

World

Nuclear Space Weapons Treaty is ratified by World Powers◘

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Technology Worlds First Heart Transplant operation in South Africa by Dr.

Christiaan N Barnard

The first North Sea gas is pumped ashore at Easington Co

Durham.

The first ATM ( Automatic Teller Machine ) is put into service in

Barclays Bank in London

The first Boeing 737 takes its maiden flight

The Concorde is seen for the first time in public.

Apollo 1 destroyed in a fire on the launch pad.

The US Has 74 Nuclear Powered Submarines in operation

Pulsars are discovered

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country

( or attributed to First Use )

Pocket Calculator USA Texas Instruments◘

current affairs program, premieres on ABC-TV, hosted by Bill

Peach.

25 June – The ABC participates in the historic Our World

broadcast, the world's first live, international, satellite Television

production.

5 July – The Seven Network premieres a new situation comedy

series My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? starring Gordon

Chater, John Meillon and Judi Farr, and the Nine Network

premiered the spy drama Hunter, starring Tony Ward.

15 June – ATV0 broadcasts the first colour Television program in

Australia when it televises the Horse Racing from Pakenham,

Victoria.

28 August – The popular ABC soap opera Bellbird begins its ten-

year run.

11 September – The children's Television show Adventure Island

begins airing on the ABC.

16 September – The first live telecast of a Football grand final in

Australia was the screening of the 1967 NSWRFL season's

grand final between Canterbury-Bankstown and South Sydney at

the Sydney Cricket Ground.◘

Music

Top 10 Hits "The Last Waltz" - Engelbert Humperdinck

"This Is My Song" - Petula Clark

"Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron" - The Royal Guardsmen

"Green, Green Grass of Home" - Tom Jones

"Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles

"Somethin' Stupid" - Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra

"Georgy Girl" - The Seekers

"All You Need Is Love" / "Baby, You're a Rich Man" - The Beatles

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" - Procol Harum

"I'm a Believer" / "(I'm Not Your) Stepping Stone" - The Monkees

Births 4 January – David Wilson, rugby player

13 January – Annie Jones, actress

3 February – Aurelio Vidmar, soccer player

3 April – Mark Skaife, racing driver

9 April – Graeme Lloyd, baseball player

11 April – Lachlan Dreher, field hockey goalkeeper

17 April – Barnaby Joyce, politician

23 April – Rob Pyne, politician

2 May – Rob J. Hyndman, statistician

2 May – Kerryn McCann, athlete

5 May – Danny Kah, ice speed skater

7 May – Martin Bryant, perpetrator of the Port Arthur massacre

14 May – Shaun Creighton, long-distance runner

15 May — James Bradley, author

20 May – Aaron Harper, politician

29 May – Jim McDonald, politician

30 May – Rechelle Hawkes, field hockey player

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Prime minister Harold Holt, then John McEwen


Australian of the Year The Seekers

Elections VIC, Referendum, Half-Senate

State and Territory Leaders Premier of New South Wales – Robert Askin


Premier of South Australia – Frank Walsh (until 1 June), then

Don Dunstan


Premier of Victoria – Sir Henry Bolte


Governors and Administrators Governor of New South Wales – Sir Roden Cutler

Governor of Queensland – Sir Alan Mansfield


Bastyan




Kendrew

Administrator of Nauru – Leslie King

Administrator of Norfolk Island – Reginald Marsh


Administrator of Papua and New Guinea – David Hay (from 9

January)

1967 Women's Fashion

Major World Political Leaders China -- Chairman of the People's Republic of China -- Liu Shaoqi



Brezhnev



31 May – Stephen Silvagni, Aussie rules Footballer

20 June – Nicole Kidman, American-born actress

24 June – Tracey Belbin, field hockey player and coach

3 July – Michael Bruce McKenzie, freestyle swimmer

5 July – Robert J. Kral, composer

17 July – Peter Lonard, Golfer

30 July – Victor Dominello, politician

9 August – Lars Kleppich, sailor

8 September – James Packer, businessman

4 October – Nick Green, rower

5 October – Guy Pearce, actor

13 October – David Gibson, politician

26 October – Keith Urban, New Zealand-born country Music

singer

28 October – Mark Taylor, politician

1 November – Tina Arena, singer

29 November – Sean Carlin, hammer thrower

16 December – Miranda Otto, actress

28 December – Paul Foster, Football (soccer) player

Deaths 4 January – Ezra Norton (born 1897), newspaper proprietor

3 February – Ronald Ryan (born 1925), last person hanged in

Australia

3 February – Eric Edgley (born 1899), theatre performer and

impresario

7 February – David Unaipon (born 1872), Aboriginal author and

inventor

9 February – Fred Hoysted (born 1883), racehorse trainer

13 March – Bessie Rischbieth (born 1874), feminist and social

activist

14 March – Ernest Henry Burgmann (born 1885), Anglican

bishop and social critic

29 March – D'Arcy Niland (born 1917), author of The Shiralee

7 April – Peter Badcoe (born 1934), soldier and Victoria Cross

winner

24 April – Robert Richards (born 1885), Premier of South

Australia

24 April – Eric Baume (born 1900), journalist, author and

broadcaster – first "beast" on the talk show Beauty and the

Beast

13 May – Lance Sharkey (born 1898), Communist activist

15 May – Jessie Traill (born 1881), Artist

13 June – Gerald Patterson (born 1895), Tennis player

18 June – Clive Latham Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu (born 1889),

Businessman and public servant

2 July – Ivo Whitton (born 1893), Golfer

4 July – Ray Parer (born 1894), aviator

6 July – Joseph Maxwell (born 1896), soldier and Victoria Cross

winner

26 July – Robert Tudawali (b. c1929), Indigenous actor

30 July – Arthur Stace (born 1885), pavement scribe known as

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Mr Eternity

15 August – Dave McNamara (born 1887), Australian rules

Footballer

25 August – Stanley Bruce (born 1883), eighth Prime Minister of

Australia

25 August – Robert George (born 1896), Governor of South

Australia

13 October – Kerr Grant (born 1878), physicist and education

administrator

3 November – Justin Simonds (born 1890), Roman Catholic

Archbishop of Melbourne

13 November – Helen Mayo (born 1878), pioneer in women's

and children's health

16 November – Ernest Durack (born 1882), New South Welsh

politician

17 December – Harold Holt (born 1908), seventeenth Prime

Minister of Australia

29 December – Eric Woodward (born 1899), Governor of New

South Wales

31 December – Arthur Mailey (born 1886), Cricketer◘

Sport

Athletics (track and field)

27 March – Bill Howard from Wodonga won the Stawell Gift

starting from 53⁄4 yards in a time of 11.6 seconds[38]

28 June – Judy Pollock breaks Ann Packer's world record

(2:04.3) in the women's 800 metres, clocking 2:01.0 at a meet

in Helsinki, Finland.[39]

9 September – Derek Clayton wins his first men's national

marathon title, clocking 2:21:58 in Adelaide.[40]

Australian rules Football

23 September – Richmond defeats Geelong 16.18 (114) to

15.15 (105) in front of 109,396 people to win the 1967

Victorian Football League Grand Final[41]

Ross Smith of St Kilda wins the 1967 Brownlow Medal[42]

Sturt Football Club won the 1967 South Australian National

Football League grand final, defeating Port Adelaide 13.10 (88)

to 10.17 (77)[43]

Perth defeats East Perth 18.12 (120) to 15.12 (102) in front of

42,625 people to win the Western Australian National Football

League grand final[43]

North Hobart wins the Tasmanian National Football League,

defeating Glenorchy 11.12 (78) to 8.16 (64)[43]

Cricket

The Australian Cricket team, captained by Bob Simpson toured

South Africa in 1966–67, losing the Test series 3–1[44]

Victoria win the 1966–67 Sheffield Shield[45]

Golf

Peter Thomson won the Australian Open, won the Australian PGA

Championship, played at the Metropolitan Golf Club in

Melbourne

Motor Racing

Jack Brabham was named 1966 Australian Man of the Year and

the Queen awarded him Order of the British Empire

Jackie Stewart driving for the British Racing Motors team won

the Australian Grand Prix held at Warwick Farm Racecourse

Harry Firth and Fred Gibson won the Bathurst 500 driving a Ford

XR Falcon GT. This was Firth's fourth Bathurst victory

Rugby league

16 September – South Sydney defeats Canterbury Bankstown

12–10 in front of 56,358 people to win the 1967 New South

Wales Rugby League Grand Final.

The Penrith Panthers and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are

introduced into the New South Wales Rugby League competition.

Brothers defeats Northern Suburbs 6–2 to win the 1967

Brisbane Rugby League premiership.

Rugby union

The All Blacks defeat Australia 29–9 to retain the Bledisloe Cup.

Squash

The first Squash racquets international championship is held

and won by Australia.[46]

Tennis

8 July – John Newcombe wins the men's singles at Wimbledon,

defeating Germany's Wilhelm Bungert 6–3 6–1 6–1.

10 September – John Newcombe wins the men's singles at the

US Open, defeating the USA's Clark Graebner 6–4 6–4 8–6.

Roy Emerson defeats Arthur Ashe 6–4 6–1 6–4 in the men's

singles final at the Australian Open.

Nancy Gunter defeats Lesley Turner Bowrey 6–1, 6–4 in the

women's singles final at the Australian Open.

Yachting

18 November – Dame Pattie, Australian challenger for the

America's Cup was defeated by the American defender Intrepid

which won the series 4–0.

30 December – Pen Duick III (France) won line honours in the

1967 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in a time of 4:04:10:31.

Rainbow II (New Zealand) is the overall winner.

Other

3 March – The Duke of Edinburgh laid a foundation stone for a

new Western Stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was

completed in 1968 (known as the Ponsford Stand after 1986).

7 November – Red Handed, ridden by Roy Higgins and trained by

Bart Cummings wins the 1967 Melbourne Cup in a time of

3:20:40.

The Manchester United Football team tours Australia.◘

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1968 World In both Europe and America Japanese imported cars and other

goods were continuing to rise and trouble the governments of

UK and USA as they worried about industries in their own

countries being effected and jobs lost. In the spring of 1968

on 4th April the Rev Martin Luther King was assassinated and

Robert Kennedy was mortally wounded when he is shot by

Sirhan Sirhan. the peace movement had continued to grow and

more and more Americans were against the war in Vietnam, and

once again more riots occurred throughout cities in America. the

music scene was once again set by the "Beatles" and the

"Rolling Stones", and fashion flirted with see through blouses

and midis and maxis skirts joined the Mini Skirt as part of the

fashion trends. There is a Flu Pandemic in Hong Kong and the

first Black power salute is seen on Television worldwide during

an Olympics medal ceremony

Czechoslovakia -- Prague Spring

The Soviet Union invades Czechoslovakia and arrests President

Dubcek

U.S. -- Assassination Martin Luther King Jr.

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Leader of Negro Civil

Rights Movement is killed by James Earl Ray which leads to

Violence and Race Riots in US Cities

U.S. -- Senator Robert Kennedy Assassinated

U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, also known as Bobby Kennedy

or RFK, was assassinated at the age of 42 on June 5th. Kennedy

was shot three times by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian, at the

Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He had just finished giving a

speech after his victory in California’s presidential primary.

Senator Kennedy died the following day and was buried at

Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia near the grave of his

brother, President John F. Kennedy . Sirhan Sirhan was

sentenced to death in 1969, his sentence was later commuted

to life in prison.

United Kingdom - Anti-Vietnam Protests

Anti-Vietnam war demonstrations turn violent during March in

London, England. Between 8,000 and 10,000 protesters

marched from Trafalgar Square to the U.S. Embassy in

Grosvenor Square. According to attendees, the initial mood of

the gathering was positive but quickly turned violent when they

encountered hundreds of police surrounding the embassy. About

200 people were arrested during the riots and between 80 and

100 people, including several police, were injured.

U.S. -- Intel Corporation is created

The Intel Corporation was founded in Santa Clara, California

during July . Engineers Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce created



1968 in Australia Events 4 January – The search for the body of Prime Minister Harold

Holt, who disappeared whilst swimming near Portsea, Victoria, is

called off.

10 January – John Gorton is sworn in as Prime Minister of

Australia after the disappearance of Harold Holt.

28 January – Members of English rock groups The Who and

Small Faces are escorted by police from a plane at Melbourne's

Essendon Airport, after the pilot diverts the flight citing the

bands' behaviour.

1 April – American evangelist Billy Graham begins a tour of

Australia.

17 April – A State election is held in South Australia. Steele Hall

(Liberal and Country League) defeats Don Dunstan (ALP), and

becomes Premier of South Australia.

8 April – Fluoridation of Sydney's water supply begins.

30 April – Jim Cairns unsuccessfully challenges Gough Whitlam

for leadership of the Australian Labor Party.

1 May – The Duke of Edinburgh arrives in Australia for a ten-day

visit.

5 May – Three Australian journalists are killed by the Viet Cong

in Saigon.

21 May – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visits Australia.

14 June – Journalist Simon Townsend, future host of Simon

Townsend's Wonder World, is granted exemption from military

service after lodging a fifth appeal against his imprisonment and

court martial for conscientious objection.

18 June – The first stage of the Warringah Freeway opens in

Sydney.

24 June – British comedian Tony Hancock commits suicide in his

Sydney hotel room.

2 July – Fifty students are arrested during an anti-Vietnam War

protest in Martin Place, Sydney.

4 July – Forty five people are arrested during an anti-war protest

outside the U.S. consulate in St Kilda Road, Melbourne.

31 July – The Premier of Queensland, Jack Pizzey, dies in office.

1 August – Jack Pizzey's deputy, Gordon Chalk, is sworn in as his

successor until the appointment of Joh Bjelke-Petersen as

Premier a week later.

3 August – The standard gauge rail line between Perth and

Kalgoorlie is completed.

20 August – The National Gallery of Victoria is opened in

Melbourne.

14 October – The town of Meckering, Western Australia, is badly

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the company after receiving $2.5 million in funding from venture

capitalist and financier Arthur Rock. Noyce and Moore set out to

build a company that could make and develop semiconductor

computer circuits.

NASA’s Apollo 7 Mission Launches

NASA launches the Apollo 7 mission on October 11th. It was the

first manned mission in the Apollo program which was created

with the ultimate goal of landing a man on the Moon. the

purpose of the mission was to test out the command and service

module (CSM). It launched from the Kennedy Space Center in

Florida and carried astronauts Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and

R. Walter Cunningham around the Earth’s orbit 163 times. the

flight lasted 10 days and 20 hours and it was the first mission to

complete a live television broadcast.

NASA’s Apollo 8 Mission Launches

NASA’s Apollo 8 space mission was launched on December

21st. It was the first manned mission to leave Earth’s orbit, orbit

the Moon, and return to Earth safely. the crew consisted of Frank

Borman, James Lovell Jr., and William Anders. It was also the

first manned mission to launch from the Kennedy Space Center.

the crew successfully landed in the Northern Pacific Ocean after

just over six days in space. Apollo 8 was most well-known for the

live television broadcast made by the astronauts on Christmas

eve. the mission was a critical step in the process to land a man

on the Moon.

U.S. - Surveyor 7 Lunar Lander

NASA launches the final Surveyor mission, Surveyor 7 on January

7th. the mission objectives for Surveyor 7 were to achieve a soft

landing on the surface of the Moon in the highland area,

photograph the area after landing, test the chemical

composition of the soil, and gather data related to the

mechanics of the landing. the spacecraft was successful in its

landing and achieved its mission objectives. the surveyor

program was overall successful as well, providing the necessary

data to determine the feasibility of a manned Moon mission.

United Kingdom -- Beatles "White Album" The Beatles release the "White Album" to mixed reviews.

On November 22nd the popular rock band the Beatles released

the "White Album," an untitled double album that featured some

of the legendary band's most experimental music. Many of the

songs were written when the band was in Rishikesh, India while

they were attending a meditation camp. While the album

received mixed reviews at the time, it still reached the number

one spot on the music charts in both the United Kingdom and

U.S.. Modern critics mark the album as on of the best albums

ever created and it remains popular today.

France -- Winter Olympics

The Winter Olympic Games are held in Grenoble, France during

the month of February . These gamed marked the tenth time the

Winter Olympics took place and were the first Winter Games to

be broadcast in color on television. the 1968 Winter Olympics

also marked the first time they did gender testing and doping

tests during the winter games. It was also the first time that a

country other than the Soviet Union won the most medals since

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damaged by an earthquake.

28 October – The Postmaster-General's Department decreases

the number of mail deliveries per day from two to one.

31 October – Minister for the Army Phillip Lynch admits that

Australian Army troops may have breached the Geneva

Convention by using water torture during the interrogation of a

female Viet Cong suspect.

1 November – The airline Ansett-ANA is renamed Ansett.

14 December – A referendum is held in Tasmania to allow the

granting of Australia's first casino license to the Wrest Point

Hotel. The referendum is passed.

31 December – MacRobertson Miller Airlines Flight 1750

crashes south of Port Hedland, Western Australia, killing all 26

people on board.

Non-specific dates

Australia's population is estimated to have reached 12 million in

1968.

Arts and literature 17 January – The Seekers are named Australians of the Year for

1967.

19 January – William Pidgeon wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Lloyd Rees.

1 July – The Copyright Act 1968 replaces the existing 1911

copyright legislation.

Thomas Keneally's novel Three Cheers for the Paraclete wins the

Miles Franklin Award

Film 2 December – At the Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony,

Prime Minister John Gorton announces the creation of the

Australian Film Development Corporation.

Television 25 May – An episode of the ABC series Bellbird stops the nation

when the character of Charlie Cousins (played by Robin Ramsay)

dies in a fall from a silo.

Music

Top 10 Hits

"Hey Jude" / "Revolution" - The Beatles

"Sadie (The Cleaning Lady)" - Johnny Farnham

"Love is Blue" - Paul Mauriat

"Honey" - Bobby Goldsboro

"The Unicorn" - The Irish Rovers

"Those Were the Days" - Mary Hopkin

"Little Arrows" - Leapy Lee

"The Orange and the Green" / "Whiskey on a Sunday" - The Irish

Rovers

"Macarthur Park" - Richard Harris

"Hello, Goodbye" / "I Am the Walrus" - The Beatles

Births 7 February – Phillip Tahmindjis, ice speed skater

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the USSR's first games in 1956 with Norway taking home the

most medals of the 37 competing nations.

Soviet Union - Zond 5 Space Mission The Soviet Union launches the Zond 5 space mission

during September. the unmanned spacecraft became the first to

circle the Moon and successfully return to Earth intact. It was

also the first mission to carry life to the Moon and back. There

were various forms of life on board the spacecraft including wine

flies, mealworms, plants, bacteria, and two tortoises. the

creatures survived the nearly week-long journey. Later in the

year the U.S. would successfully complete the Apollo 8 mission

which carried Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders

to orbit the Moon and return to Earth as the first humans to

travel beyond the orbit of the Earth.

Anti Vietnam War protests

Anti Vietnam War protests throughout the western world

Tet offensive

North Vietnam and Viet Cong troops launch the Tet offensive

North Vietnam

President Lyndon Johnson orders an end to the bombing of

North Vietnam

RMS Queen Elizabeth

RMS Queen Elizabeth - retired from service

Dutch Elm Disease

Dutch Elm Disease continues to increase with tens of thousands

of trees now destroyed

UK - First Class Post

British Post office introduces First Class Post

China

China celebrates 20 years of communist rule by Mao Tse-tung

Earthquake in Sicily - Earthquake in Sicily - 231 dead, 262 injured.

Heart transplant

The Third Heart transplant is performed in South Africa By Dr

Christian N Barnard

London Bridge

London Bridge sold for 1 million. and later re-erected in Arizona .

contraceptive pill Pope Paul VI bans Catholics from using the contraceptive pill for

birth control

Population 455 million Europe

Population in Europe reaches 455 million ( excluding USSR )

Televisions

Televisions Installed increases 25 million US, 20.5 million Japan,

19 Million Great Britain

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23 February - Angela Ash, Celebrity of Stylis Cove Western

Australia

12 February – Nathan Rees, 41st Premier of New South Wales

(2008–2009)

1 April – Mike Baird, 44th Premier of New South Wales (2014-

2017)

7 April – Duncan Armstrong, swimmer

20 April – Julia Morris, actress, comedian, Television presenter

and producer

13 May - Scott Morrison, 30th Prime Minister of Australia

26 May – Rachael Sporn, basketball player

28 May – Kylie Minogue, entertainer

1 June – Jason Donovan, entertainer

4 June – Rachel Griffiths, actress

15 June – Hugh McDermott, politician

27 July – Julian McMahon, actor

9 August – Eric Bana, actor

13 September – Andrew Gee, politician

30 September – Sharon Jaklofsky, track and field athlete

8 October – Garry Hocking, Footballer

12 October – Hugh Jackman, actor

13 November – Cherie Burton, politician

19 December – Kristina Keneally, 42nd Premier of New South

Wales (2009-2011)◘

Deaths 14 January – Dorothea Mackellar (born 1885), poet

21 February – Howard Florey (born 1898), Nobel Prize-winning

pharmacologist

24 June – Tony Hancock (born 1924), British comedian

31 July – Jack Pizzey (born 1911), Premier of Queensland

19 August – William McCall (born 1908), politician

28 September – Sir Norman Brookes (born 1877), Tennis player

10 October – Gavin Long (born 1901), journalist and military

historian

13 October – Dame Jean Macnamara (born 1899), medical

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fifth nuclear power

France becomes the world's fifth nuclear power

Jacqueline Kennedy

Aristotle Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy marry

Hong Kong Flu pandemic

Hong Kong Flu pandemic begins in Hong Kong.

The Aswan Dam

The Aswan Dam in Egypt is completed

Spain and Gibraltar Border The border between Spain and Gibraltar is closed

Papua New Guinea

Equatorial Guinea Gains Independence from Spain◘

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Popular Culture 1968 The first Big Mac goes on sale in McDonalds costing 49 cents

The Beatles create Apple Records and record "Hey Jude" as the

first single on the label

The CBS television news magazine program "60 Minutes" shown

for the first time

Musical Hair opens at Shaftesbury Theatre in London featuring

nudity and drug-taking

Most popular movies 2001: A Space Odyssey Funny Girl

The Love Bug The Odd Couple

Bullitt Romeo and Juliet

Oliver! Rosemary’s Baby

Planet of the Apes Night of the Living Dead

Academy Awards Best Picture: Oliver!

Best Director: Carol Reed – Oliver!

Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn – The Lion in Winter;

Barbra Streisand – Funny Girl

Best Actor: Cliff Robertson – Charly

Popular Musicians The Rolling Stones The Supremes

The Beatles -- " Hey Jude " Fleetwood Mac

Aretha Franklin Gary Puckett and the Union Gap

The Grateful Dead The Monkees

Simon and Garfunkel -- " Mrs Robinson "

The Beach Boys The Bee Gees

The Jimi Hendrix Experience Cream

The Doors Pink Floyd

Moody Blues Bobby Goldsboro

Marvin Gaye David Bowie

Born This Year 25 September—Will Smith 28 September—Naomi Watts

6 November—Jerry Yang 30 March—Celine Dion ◘

scientist

27 October – James Hunter (born 1882), politician

20 December – John Jennings (born 1878), politician◘

Sport 26 February – Boxer Lionel Rose beats Japan's Fighting Harada

in Tokyo to become world bantamweight champion.

25 May – Derek Clayton wins his second men's national

marathon title, clocking 2:14:47.8 in Hobart.

26 May – Australia wins the 1968 Federation Cup in women's

Tennis, defeating the Netherlands (3–0).

10 June – Australia wins the 1968 Rugby League World Cup

when it beats France (20–2) in the final at the SCG.

21 September – The South Sydney Rabbitohs defeated Manly-

Warringah Sea Eagles in the NSWRL Grand Final at the Sydney

Cricket Ground.

28 September – The Carlton Blues narrowly beat Essendon

Bombers by 3 points (56–53) in the grand final of the 1968 VFL

season, winning their first flag in 21 years.

12 – 27 October – Australia participates in the 1968 Summer

Olympics in Mexico City, coming ninth in the medal tally with 5

gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze medals (17 in total).

15 October – Ralph Doubell equals Peter Snell's world record

(2:04.3) in the men's 800 metres, clocking 1:44.3 at the

Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

5 November – Rain Lover wins the Melbourne Cup.

26 December – Ondine II takes line honours in the Sydney to

Hobart Yacht Race. Koomooloo is the handicap winner

Western Australia wins the Sheffield Shield.◘

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Technology Boeing 747 made its maiden flight.

NASA launches Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission

Air Bags, Allen K Breed invents an air bag that deploys and

inflates automatically on violent impact using nitrogen gas.

Apollo 8 orbits the Moon, becoming the first manned space

mission to achieve the feat.

Dr. Christian Barnard performs the first successful heart

transplant.

US Explodes experimental hydrogen Bomb.

The Emergency 911 Telephone service is started in the USA

which provides a single number for reporting emergencies and is

manned 24 hrs per day 365 days per year

ATM First Philadelphia Bank installs the first automated teller

machine in the U.S.◘

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Prime minister John McEwen, then John Gorton


Elections NSW, SA, WA


Premier of New South Wales – Robert Askin

Premier of Queensland – Frank Nicklin (until 17 January), then

Jack Pizzey (until 31 July), then Gordon Chalk (from 1 August

until 8 August), then Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Premier of South Australia – Don Dunstan (until 17 April), then

Steele Hall







Bastyan (until 1 June), then Major General Sir James Harrison

(from 4 December)

Governor of Tasmania – General Sir Charles Gairdner (until 11

July), then Lieutenant General Sir Edric Bastyan (from 2

December)



Kendrew

Administrator of Nauru – Leslie King (until 30 January)

Administrator of Norfolk Island – Reginald Marsh (until June),

then Robert Dalkin (from July)


Administrator of Papua and New Guinea – David Hay◘


Major World Political Leaders Australia -- Prime Minister -- John McEwen (Till December 19th);

John Gorton (from 19th December)




Brezhnev



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1969 World On July 20th one of mans crowning achievements occurred

when American Astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first

human to set foot on the Moon and uttered the immortal

words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for

mankind." . the opposition to the war continued to increase with

more and more attending anti war demonstrations and

demanding that the US withdrew from Vietnam. the music came

from groups including the Doors, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin and

the Beatles and the most famous music festival of modern times

"WOODSTOCK" took place on a New York Farm on August

15th to August 17th with more than 400,000 avid music fans

attending to see the Who, Jimi Hendrix, Crosby Stills Nash and

Young and others perform live. fashions reflected the anti war

sentiment with military jackets adorned with peace signs, and

other trends including long unkempt wild hair and headbands

showed the feelings of anti establishment felt by the youth.

Apollo 9 Space Mission

NASA’s Apollo 9 mission launches on March 3rd. the purpose of

the mission was to prepare for an eventual manned lunar

landing later that year. It was the first space test of a complete

Apollo spacecraft including the lunar module and Saturn V

launch rocket. the included James McDivitt, David Scott, and

Russell Schweickart. They performed the first docking and

extraction of a lunar module and the first crewed flight of a lunar

module. the crew also performed several test on the lunar

module systems and a two person space walk. the Apollo 9

space mission returned to Earth successfully after 10 days in

space.

Apollo 10 Mission NASA’s Apollo 10 space mission launched and landed

successfully during May. the 3-man crew consisted of Thomas P.

Stafford (the Commander), John W. Young (the Command

Module Pilot), and Eugene A. Cernan (the Lunar Module Pilot).

the flight was a test run for the first Moon landing which took

place 2 months later. the Apollo 10 mission successfully tested

all aspects of a lunar landing except the actual landing. the crew

conducted a lunar orbit and lunar descent to about 9 miles from

the surface, a rendezvous and docking with the command

module, tested various systems, and conducted transmissions

back to Earth. the mission completed all objectives and returned

to Earth after 8 days.

Moon Landing

The first man is landed on the moon on the Apollo 11 mission by

the U.S. and Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin became the

first humans to set foot on the Moon. and the famous

words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for

mankind." will become part of our history



1969 in Australia Events 8 January - Bushfires across Victoria claim the lives of 23 people

including 17 who died when a grass fire overran a group of cars

on the Princes Highway at Lara, near Geelong in Victoria. About

280 fires in total burned 250,000 hectares, destroyed 230

homes and dozens of other buildings, killing 12,000 head of

stock.

7 February – The Violet Town railway disaster: the passenger

train Southern Aurora collides head-on with a freight train on the

new Melbourne and razed to Sydney train line. Nine people are

killed.

30 April – Sir Paul Hasluck becomes Governor-General of

Australia after the retirement of Lord Casey.

10 May – The 1969 Tasmanian election is held, resulting in a

hung parliament with the ALP and Liberals winning 17 seats

each. The deadlock is broken when Kevin Lyons of the Centre

Party forms a coalition government with the Liberals and

becomes Deputy Premier under Angus Bethune.

12 May – The Age newspaper in Melbourne begins the process

of moving from Collins Street to Spencer Street. The move is

completed on 6 October.

3 June – Melbourne-Evans collision – The Royal Australian Navy

aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the U.S. Navy

destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in the South China Sea. Frank E.

Evans is cut in half and sinks, killing 74 crew.

19 June – The Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration

Commission rules that equal pay for women doing the same

work as men must be phased in by 1972.

26 September – The Poseidon bubble begins when the small

mining company Poseidon NL discovers a large nickel deposit in

Laverton, Western Australia.

25 October – 1969 Australian federal election: John Gorton's

Liberal/Country Coalition Government is narrowly re-elected with

a sharply reduced majority, defeating a resurgent Labor Party led

by Gough Whitlam.

7 November – A Liberal Party leadership spill is held, with Prime

Minister Gorton re-elected as Party leader over challengers

William McMahon and David Fairbairn.

11 November – Prime Minister Gorton makes the most

sweeping changes to the Federal Ministry since the Liberal-

Country Party Coalition took office in 1949. Seven back-

benchers are promoted to the junior ministry, four junior

ministers promoted to cabinet, and three ministers dropped

altogether. Treasurer McMahon was moved to External Affairs,

and replaced by Les Bury. Future prime minister Malcolm Fraser

was promoted to Minister for Defence.

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Estimates put the number who watched or listened to the Moon

landing between 1/2 and 1 billion people around the world (from

Webmaster I consider myself privileged to have watched and

listened to Neil A. Armstrong's famous words "That's one small

step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind ") . for Information

for the Space Race 1961,

Apollo 12

Apollo 12, the second manned moon mission, launched on

November 14th carrying astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Alan

Bean, and Richard Gordon Jr. the mission successfully landed on

the Moon on November 19th about 950 miles away from where

the Apollo 11 mission had landed. the mission's objectives

included seismic experiments, examining the Surveyor III

spacecraft, studying possible future landing sites, and human

ability to work on the moon, among many other things. the crew

tried to broadcast parts the mission but the television camera

was damaged by sun exposure soon after landing. the crew left

on November 20th and got to Earth on November 24th, after

having spent about 31 hours on the surface of the moon.

Significant Live Music Events in 1969

January 30th the Beatles, with Billy Preston, gave their final live

performance on the roof of the Apple building in London,

England, the live performance was an impromptu event that

ran for 42 minutes featuring Get Back, I Want You (She's So

Heavy), Don't Let Me Down, I've Got A Feeling, One After

909, Danny Boy, Dig A Pony, God Save the Queen and A

Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody later featured as the climax of

their Let It Be film

March 25th to March 31st Following the Marriage of John

Lennon and Yoko Ono on March 20th in Gibralta they hold a

week-long Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel

inviting the world's press into their hotel room every day

between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m

July 4th Atlanta International Pop Festival attracted an audience

of approximately 100,000 to watch 16 performers including

Janis Joplin, Johnny Rivers, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Canned

Heat, Joe Cocker, Creedence Clearwater Revival,

Sweetwater and Led Zeppelin

August 15th to 18th the Woodstock Festival attracted an

audience of approximately 500,000 to watch 35 performers

including Ravi Shankar, Joan Baez, Santana, Grateful Dead,

Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin with the Kozmic

Blues Band, Sly & the Family Stone, the Who, Jefferson

Airplane, Joe Cocker, the Band, Blood, Sweat & Tears,

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Jimi Hendrix at White Lake,

New York, U.S.

August 30th and 31st Isle of Wight Festival attracted an


including Bob Dylan, the Who, Blonde On Blonde, Joe

Cocker, the Moody Blues and Free at Wootton, Isle Of Wight,

England

September 13th Toronto Rock and Roll Revival attracted an


including Chicago, Alice Cooper, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee

Lewis, Gene Vincent, Little Richard, Doug Kershaw and the

Doors, Screaming Lord Sutch and John Lennon, Yoko Ono

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13 November - Former Minister for Air, Dudley Erwin, expresses

to journalists his belief that Prime Minister Gorton's young

secretary, Ainsley Gotto, was responsible for him being dropped

from his ministerial position. Erwin also asserted Gotto severely

restricted access to Gorton which he and other ministers had

previously enjoyed. When asked what political manoeuvre had

been used to get him out of office, he replied "it's shapely, it

wiggles, it's cold-blooded and its name is Ainsley Gotto".

Victorian SEC workers strike for 24 hours from midnight for the

fourth time this year, causing widespread disruption to power

supplies.

29 November – The rebuilding of the Indian Pacific rail line

between Sydney and Perth to standard gauge is completed.

16 December – Prime Minister John Gorton announces that a

withdrawal of Australian Army troops from the Vietnam War

would begin in 1970.

Science and technology 20 July – NASA switches the main transmission feed of the

Apollo 11 moon landing to Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station

in Canberra, then Parkes Observatory in New South Wales, which

then broadcasts the mission to the world.

Arts and literature 4 May – An Australian production of the rock Musical Hair opens

in Sydney. Produced by Harry M. Miller, it features the debut of

young American singer Marcia Hines.

George Johnston's novel Clean Straw for Nothing wins the Miles

Franklin Award

Film 27 March – 2000 Weeks (directed by Tim Burstall) is released.

The Film was one of the first features of the modern era in

Australian cinema, although it was received poorly both critically

and commercially.

Television 5 March – The last episode of spy series Hunter is aired.

11 March – Police procedural drama series Division 4 makes its

debut on the Nine Network.

21 March – Graham Kennedy wins the Gold Logie for In

Melbourne Tonight.

Music

Top 10 Hits

"Something" / "Come Together" - The Beatles

"Honky Tonk Women" - Rolling Stones

"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" - The

Beatles

"The Real Thing" - Russell Morris

"Suspicious Minds" - Elvis Presley

"Part Three into Paper Walls / "The Girl That I Love" - Russell

Morris

"Penny Arcade" - Roy Orbison

"Get Back / Don't Let Me Down" - The Beatles

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and the Plastic Ono Band at at Varsity Stadium, of the

University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada

December 6th Altamont Speedway Free Festival attracted an


including the Rolling Stones, Santana, Jefferson Airplane,

the Flying Burrito Brothers, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

at Altamont Speedway, California, U.S. the concert is best

known for having been marred by considerable violence

caused by alcahol and drugs including by the Hells Angels

motorcycle club who were used for security round the stage.

1969 provided so many significant live music events that I

thought they should be included in a Music Timeline for the year,

I hope you enjoyed taking the trip in time and memories that the

timeline provides

United Kingdom -- Beatles "Abbey Road" The Beatles release Abbey Road on September 26th. Abbey

Road was not the group's final album to be released to the

public but it was their final album to be recorded together.

The classic album's cover art featured the iconic photograph of

John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison

walking across a zebra crossing near the entrance to the famous

Abbey Road recording studio.

This rock album featured such popular songs as "Here Comes

the Sun," "Come Together," "Something," and "Oh! Darling."

The full track listing includes:

Come Together, Something, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Oh!

Darling, Octopus's Garden, I Want You, Here Comes the Sun,

Because, You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr.

Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through the Bathroom

Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, the End, Her

Majesty

It also topped the charts around the world once released, staying

in the UK and US charts for over 80 weeks. While there were

initially mixed reviews about the album, many fans believe it to

be the best the band had ever produced and it remains one of

the top selling Beatles albums of all time.

Echo 2 Satellite Mission Ends

The Echo 2 satellite mission ends during June . Echo 2 was a

135-foot satellite that was launched by NASA

in January of 1964 and it orbited the Earth in a near polar orbit

for the duration of its time in space. It was easily visible to the

naked eye across Earth’s surface due to its large size and type of

orbit. It was used to perform some passive communications

experiments and to measure the shape of the Earth. the satellite

burned up upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.

Venera 5 and Venera 6 Missions

The Soviet Union launched the Venera 5 and Venera 6

spacecraft during the month of January. the two spacecrafts

were identical in design and build and were launched five days

apart with the mission of measuring the atmosphere of Venus

during their descents onto the planet’s surface. Venera 5 made

it to Venus on the 16th of May in 1969 and Venera 6 arrived the

next day. the missions were partially successful in that both

vehicles were able to transmit measurements for about 50

minutes each but ultimately failed in that their instruments were

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"Hair" - The Cowsills

"Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" - Peter Sarstedt

Births 19 January – Luc Longley, basketball player

22 January – Shelley Sandie, basketball player

23 January – Danielle Woodhouse, water polo player

7 February – Fiona Robinson, basketball and handball player

3 March – Tony Modra, Australian Rules Football player

15 March – Matthew Morris, politician

17 March – Alison Forman, Football (soccer) midfielder

28 March – John Brogden, politician

1 April – Andrew Vlahov, basketball player

3 April – Ben Mendelsohn, actor

7 May - Rachael Robertson (writer), speaker, author and mentor

14 May – Cate Blanchett, actress

17 May – Liesl Tesch, wheelchair basketball player, sailor and

politician

31 May – Juliet Haslam, field hockey defender

3 June – Dean Pay, Australian rugby league player

30 June – Mark Garner, track and field sprinter

7 July – Rina Bradshaw-Hill, triathlete

30 July – Simon Baker, actor

15 August – Bernard Fanning, singer

16 August – Jodi McKay, politician

6 September – Michellie Jones, triathlete

7 September – David Borger, politician

9 September – Natasha Stott Despoja, politician

13 September – Shane Warne, Cricketer

18 September – Brad Beven, triathlete

19 September – Kostya Tszyu, boxer

20 October – Laurie Daley, rugby league Football commentator

and former player

14 December Rob Oakeshott, politician

29 December – Andrew Cornwell, politician◘

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then presumably damaged by the surface pressure and heat

that they encountered on their descents.

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 entered service

Golda Meir of Milwaukee

Golda Meir of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, becomes Prime

Minister of Israel

Robin Knox-Johnston

Robin Knox-Johnston becomes the first person to sail around the

world solo without stopping

troop withdrawals

The very first U.S. troop withdrawals are made from Vietnam

Stonewall Riot

Police raid Stonewall Inn on June 28th a gay club located in New

York City ending the Stonewall Riot.

Civil war in Biafra

Civil war in Biafra leaves 3 million starving and needing

international aid.

Charles Manson

Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murder five

people August 9th

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Popular Culture 1969 A free concert organized by the Rolling Stones is held at

Altamont Speedway in Livermore, Calif with problems caused by

the use of Hells Angels as Bouncers resulting in a number of

deaths

The Ground-breaking TV programme Monty Python's Flying

Circus is shown for the first time and the catch phrase "And now

for something completely different," becomes their trade mark

Sesame Street known for its Muppet characters, makes it's

debut on PBS

Bell Bottom Jeans and tie-dye shirts become part of the teenage

fashion scene.

The John Lennon Album "Two Virgins" featuring John Lennon and

Yoko Ono in the nude are confiscated at Newark Airport

The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple

Records., release their album Abbey Road. bringing the

1960's to an end

Brian Jones Former Rolling Stones Guitarist drowns after

drinking and drugs binge.

Most popular movies

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Midnight Cowboy Easy Rider

Hello, Dolly! Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Paint Your Wagon True Grit

Cactus Flower Goodbye, Columbus

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy

Best Director: John Schlesinger, Midnight Cowboy

Best Actress: Maggie Smith – The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Best Actor: John Wayne – True Grit

Popular Musicians

The Rolling Stones James Brown

The Beatles Johnny Cash

Bob Dylan Crosby, Stills and Nash

Creedence Clearwater Revival John Denver

Simon and Garfunkel Fleetwood Mac

Marvin Gaye The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Cream Pink Floyd

Elton John David Bowie

Born This Year

25 September—Catherine Zeta-Jones

10 October—Brett Favre

25 April—Renee Zellweger

11 February—Jennifer Aniston ◘

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Technology First Concorde test flight is conducted In France

First transplant of human eye

Seiko sells the first Quartz Watch

The Harrier Jump Jet enters service with the RAF

The first automatic teller machine ATM or Cash Machine is

installed in the U.S.

Creation of ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet

The Boeing 747 jumbo jet makes its debut. It carried 191

people, most of them reporters and photographers, from Seattle

to New York City.

UNIX is developed by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs

The Pontiac Firebird Trans Am the epitome of the American

muscle car is introduced.

The Microprocessor (a miniature set of integrated circuits) is

invented opening the way for the computer revolution that

followed

Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country (or attributed to First Use)

Internet USA US military

Manned Moon Landing USA Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin

walk on Moon

CCDs USA Charge Coupled Device - to capture image

Cash Dispenser Turkey by Luther Simjian

Battery Powered Smoke Detector USA◘

Hurricane Camille

Hurricane Camille hits the Mississippi coast killing 248 people

Northern Ireland

Britain deploys troops in Northern Ireland following increasing

violence

Bloodless Coup in Libya

Bloodless Coup in Libya deposing King Idris

HMAS Melbourne

Australian light aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne slices the

destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half killing 82 of her crew

Charles de Gaulle

Charles de Gaulle Resigns as French President

Italy Bank Bombing

A bomb is exploded in a bank in Milan, Italy

Rising Inflation

Rising Inflation is a worldwide problem

Death Penalty

The Death Penalty is Abolished in the UK

PLO is founded

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded◘

1969 Home

Deaths 18 January – Gregory Brain (born 1893), politician

29 January – Alfred McClelland (born 1886), politician

31 March – Ernest Wetherell, politician

14 May – Frederick Lane (born 1888), swimmer

3 August – Alexander Mair (born 1889), 26th Premier of New

South Wales (1939–1941)

25 August – Robert Cosgrove (born 1894), 30th Premier of

Tasmania (1939–1947, 1948–1958)

17 November – Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey (born 1890), 22nd

Governor of South Australia (1939–1944)

21 November – Norman Lindsay (born 1879), Artist

27 November – May Gibbs, (born 1877) children's author.◘

Australian Sport 21 January – Boxer Johnny Famechon becomes world

featherweight champion, when he defeats Cuban Jose Legra in a

bout at the Albert Hall in London.

12 April – Carlton achieve the first double-century VFL score

when they kick 30.30 (210) against Hawthorn, beating a

previous record from 1931.

6 September – Richmond sets a new record VFL finals winning

margin when it beats Geelong by 118 points. it is the first

century winning margin in a finals match and beats the previous

record margin of 88 points by Melbourne against Collingwood in

the 1964 Second Semi.

20 September – The Balmain Tigers defeated South Sydney

Rabbitohs in the NSWRL Rugby League Grand Final at the

Sydney Cricket Ground.

27 September – Richmond 12.13 (85) beats Carlton 8.12 (60)

for its seventh premiership.

2 October – Tennis player Rod Laver beats fellow Australian Tony

Roche in the men's singles final of the U.S. Open, achieving his

second Grand Slam (having also won the Australian Open, the

French Open and Wimbledon in that year).

11 October – John Farrington wins his first men's national

marathon title, clocking 2:21:02.8 in Sydney.

4 November – Rain Lover wins the Melbourne Cup.◘

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Governor-General Lord Casey, then Sir Paul Hasluck

Prime minister John Gorton


Elections TAS, QLD, Federal

State and Territory Leaders Premier of New South Wales – Robert Askin

Premier of Queensland – Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Premier of South Australia – Steele Hall

Premier of Tasmania – Eric Reece (until 26 May), then Angus

Bethune


Premier of Western Australia – (Sir) David Brand



Governor of South Australia – Major General Sir James Harrison

Governor of Tasmania – Lieutenant General Sir Edric Bastyan



Kendrew

Administrator of Norfolk Island – Robert Dalkin


Administrator of Papua and New Guinea – David Hay◘


Major World Political Leaders Australia -- Prime Minister -- John Gorton

China -- Chairman of the People's Republic of China -- Song

Qingling

France -- President -- Charles de Gaulle (Till 28 April); Georges

Pompidou (from 20 June)


Brezhnev

U.S. -- President -- Lyndon B. Johnson (Till January 20); Richard

Nixon (from January 20)


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