1960

  • laser invented

    laser invented
    laser was invented
  • John F Kennedy

    John F Kennedy
    John F Kennedy elected as president for USA
  • First man in space

    First man in space
    Youri Gargain beacame the first man to go to space
  • Berlin Wall

    Berlin Wall
    The Berlin wall was built, splitting Berlin in two parts
  • Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe died at 36 years of age
  • Martin luther King

    Martin luther King
    Martin Luther King makes his "I have a dream speech."
  • assassination

    assassination
    John F kennedy was assassinated
  • Melbourne-Voyager collision

    two ships called the Voyager and Melbourne, had an accident, where 82 passengers were killed.
    The Voyager went underneath the Melbounres bow, cutting it in two
  • Nobel prize

    Martin Luther KIng win the nobel peace prize for leading non violent resistence to end racism in USA
  • Equal wages protest

    aborigines start to protest for equal wages, and alos get the right to vote in queensland
  • Winston Churchill dies

    Winston Churchill dies
    Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom dies
  • The dollar is used

    The dollar is used
    The currency is changed to the Australian dollar instead of the Australian pound
  • Walt Disney dies

    Walt Disney dies
    Walt Disney dies of Cancer
  • Tasmanian bushfire

    Tasmanian bushfires kill plenty
  • Liver Transplant

    Australia's first liver transplant is performed in Sydney
  • Martin Luther King shot

    Martin Luther King shot
    Martin Luther KIng was shot dead at Memphis, Tennessee
  • Man on the moon

    Man on the moon
    Neil armstrong becomes the first man on the moon.
  • end of decade

    The end of the 60's.