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The first oral contraceptive pill Enovid, was invented by Frank Colton.
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Crown-of-thorns starfish begins ravaging the Great Barrier Reef.
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On 12 April 1961, aboard the Vostok 3KA-3, Youri Gagarin, 27, became both the first human to travel into space, and the first to orbit the earth.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by United States-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by United States-backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government of the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
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Busfhires rage through the Great Divide and the Dandenong Ranges on the edge of Melboune, killing 8 people and destroying hundreds of houses
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Australia's tallest building opens in Sydney, the 25-storey AMP building.
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Death of American actress, singer and model.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas.
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Kenya becomes indepenedent.
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Dr. Luther L. Terry, the Surgeon General, releases a report linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer and other diseases.
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Civil rights activists Martin Luther King Jr. wins a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Sir Winston Churchill was a British wartime leader known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II.
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UFOs make headlines.
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The ALP deletes "White Australia" from its immigration policy.
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Australia changes over to decimal currency.
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Three U.S. astronauts - Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee die when their Apollo spacecraft burns in a simulated launch
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The world's first human heart transplant was performed by Christiaan Barnard on a man called Louis Washkansky. Even though a success the patient died 18 days after.
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Rod Laver wins Men's Singles tennis title in the first Open Wimbledon
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James Earl Ray arrested for assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Johnny Famechon wins World Featherweight boxng title in London.
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Women's equality becomes a major political issue.
