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70% of Sydney and Melbourne own a television set
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Lasers Invented
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Contraceptive pill is invented
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The beginning of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War
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Pope John XXIII opens a Second Vatican Council
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Cuban Missile Crisis, missile bases built in Cuba; Kennedy orders a Cuban blockade
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Australia argrees/signs to trade with Japan
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Around 300 000 people show up to see the Beatles in Adelaide during their tour of Australia
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Menzies retires after 16 years of being the Prime minister
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Harold Holt voted prime minister
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First bank notes are made due to Australia changing to the decimal currency
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Australia and Japan are now the biggest trade market
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Black Tuesday over 60 people die from fires in Tasmania
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Harold Holt goes 'missing'
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Neil Armstrong first person on the moon
