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The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies resigns after 16 straight years in office. Harold Holt succeeds him
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Adelaide: The Beaumont children, Jane, Arnna & Grant disappear from the suburb of Glenelg
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the road saftey act is passed and the breathalyzer is introduced
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soviet artificial satelite lands on the moon
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Joern Utzon quits the construction of the Sydney Opera House
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The USSR launches Luna 10, which will become the first space probe to orbit the moon
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Sydney: The first Australian conscripts fly out for Vietnam. Anti-conscription and anti-Vietnam War demonstrators could not get near the RAAF base at Richmond
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An artificial heart is installed in the chest of Marcel DeRudder in a Houston hospital
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Fidel Castro announces martial law in Cuba because of possible US attack
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The US Supreme Court rules in the Miranda case that police must inform suspects of their rights before questioning them
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long Tan: Australian troops encounter one of the bloodiest episodes yet with the Viet Cong
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Wave Hill: 200 hundred aborigines employed on the Wave Hill cattle station go on strike claiming a wage of $50 a week
Darwin: Harry Chan elected first ethnic Chinese mayor -
Australia changes over to decimal currency.
