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Theodore Maiman demonstrated the first laser made at the Hughes Research laboratories.
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The XVII Summer Olympics was held in Rome, Italy.
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An American rock band formed in 1961.
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The first ever video game was called Spacewar!
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John F. Kennedy was the President of the United States in 1963. During a parade in Dallas, Texas, he was shot while inside his car at the time of the parade. The accused was Lee Harvey Oswald, issued by the Warren Commission in 1964.
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One of the first Sci-fi television shows made at the time.
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The first heart transplant recorded was done in South Africa by a Professor named Christiaan Barnard.
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He was assassinated by James Earl Ray. Fought for civil rights.
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The first human spaceflight landed on the Moon. It was called the Apollo 11.
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Gregory Pincus, an American physician created the Birth Control Pill, or famously known as ' The Pill '. This pill was created as a form of contraception for women. The birth control pill was introduced and approved by the FDA in 1960, and by 1963 1.2 million women used it. Women started over dosing, as a result women who took the pill experienced, nausea, blurred vision, bloating, weight gain, depression, blood cots, and storkes.