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The last Hobart tram runs
Hobart: The last tram runs. Earlier in April, a runaway tram crashed into another tram. Several vehicles, including a bus, were hit by the trams. A conductor was killed and more than 40 people were treated for injuries in the Royal Hobart Hospital. -
JFK wins presidency
Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy is elected president of the United States. His margin of victory over Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon is just over 100,000 votes. Kennedy wins 300 Electoral College votes to Nixon’s 219. -
Advancement in advertising
Federal Government directs all future TV commercials to be made in Australia -
Kennedy Inagural
John F. Kennedy is inaugurated president of the United States. In a memorable address he urges Americans to “ask not what your country can do you—ask what you can do for your country.” -
Fine for wearing a bikini?
Sydney: Woman fined for being "unsuitably dressed" wearing a bikini at Bondi Beach -
Perth- The city of lights!
Perth: As Astronaut John Glenn circles the Earth, the city of Perth turns on its lights. "I can see the outline of a town and a very bright light just to the south of it." Glenn dubs Perth "The City of Lights" -
Australia's tallest building opens
Sydney: Australia tallest building opens, the 25-storey AMP building -
Aboriginal rights to vote
Philip Magalnir becomes the first Australian Aborigine to vote under the new Commonwealth electoral laws granting voting rights to Aborigines -
Policy Speech is made
Menzies becomes the first Party leader to make his policy speech on TV -
HMAS Tragedy
Jervis Bay: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer HMAS Voyager, cutting it in half and killing 82 of the Voyager's officers and crew in the worst peacetime naval disaster in Australian history -
Freedom!!
Martin Luther King Junior speaks out about civil rights in America -
Prime Minister finishes his duty!
The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies resigns after 16 straight years in office. Harold Holt succeeds him -
No more death penalty
Melbourne: Ronald Ryan is the last man to hang in Australia for the murder of a prison warder while escaping from Melbourne's Pentridge Jail. His execution would result in the abolition of the death penalty -
John Grey Gorton as PM
Canberra: John Grey Gorton sworn in as Australia's 19th Prime Minister after Harold's Holt's disappearance -
Apollo 11
The first moon walk is completed by Neil Armstrong.
