The 1960's

By sean.tan

  • Hotels and theatres open during Anzac day

  • Presidential debates first televised

  • Lasers were invented

  • Birth Control Pill is approved of the FDA

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    The 1960s

  • John F. Kennedy moves to the white house and delivers the "man on the moon" speech

  • Australia sells wheat to China

  • Rod Laver wins Men's Singles in Wimbledon

  • Soviets Launch first man in space

  • Prince Phillip opens Commonwealth games

  • Famous escape from Alcatraz

  • Marylin Monroe found dead

  • First James bond movie

  • Robert Menzies becomes the first party leader to make his policy speech on TV

  • First Woman on space

  • John f. Kennedy assasinated

  • Martin Luther King Jr. makes "I have a dream" speech

  • National Service in Australia reintroduced

  • Beatles become popular

  • Civil Rights Act passes in the US

  • Nelson Mandela sentenced to life prison

  • the "white australia" is deleted from Immigration

  • US troops sent to Vietnam

  • Rolling Stones hit song "(I can't get no) Satisfaction"

  • New York City great blackout

  • Robert Menzies reigns for 16 straight years

  • John Utzon quits construction of Sydney Opera House

  • How the Grinch stole Christmas became popular

  • National Organization of Woman founded

  • 90% of White Australians vote for better policies for Aboriginials

  • Australian Prime Minister disappears

  • First Heart transplant

  • First super bowl

  • John Grey Gorton took over as Prime Minister

  • Martin Luther King Jr. assasinated

  • Robert F. Kennedy assasinated

  • Saddam Hussein becomes Vice chairman of iraq

  • Prime Minister gorton announces withdrawal of Australian troops in vietnam

  • Neil Armstrong walks on the moon

  • The world watches as Neil Armstrong walks on the moon

  • Sesame street is televised