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1960s Timeline

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    The 1960s

  • Crown of thorns starfish begins damaging the Great Barrier Reef

    Crown of thorns starfish begins damaging the Great Barrier Reef

  • Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Astronaut becomes the first man to visit space

    Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet Astronaut becomes the first man to visit space

  • Rachel Carson releases her book 'Silent Spring' which explained the effects humanity has on the Earth and about Global Warming

    Rachel Carson releases her book 'Silent Spring' which explained the effects humanity has on the Earth and about Global Warming

  • Martin Luther King delivers his famous speech 'I have a dream'.

    Martin Luther King delivers his famous speech 'I have a dream'.

  • American President John F. Kennedy was assasinated

    American President John F. Kennedy was assasinated

  • First American troops arive in Vietnam for the Vietnam war

    First American troops arive in Vietnam for the Vietnam war

  • The Australian dollar is introduced to Australia

    The Australian dollar is introduced to Australia

  • Ronald Ryan was the last man to be hanged in Australia

    Ronald Ryan was the last man to be hanged in Australia

  • Christiaan Barnard conducts the first Heart Transplant.

  • Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon when Apollo 11 landed

    Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon when Apollo 11 landed