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The 60's

By brandon.joseph
  • # American "U2" spy plane shot down over the USSR. 1960

    # American "U2" spy plane shot down over the USSR. 1960

    The Americans went to Russia with all the anger inside them, and so they had a spy plane over russia. This website shows all you need. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-u-2-spy-plane-shot-down
  • The Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) starts it's fight against the British

    The Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) starts it's fight against the British

    http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1960.html. This website shows you all you would want to know about this fight between the Irish and the British.
  • Australia vs West Indies in 1960 drawn match in Australia

    Australia vs West Indies in 1960 drawn match in Australia

    This was one of the most famous matches that Australia has evered played in history.Their was alot of controversy to add on top of everything.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indian_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_1960%E2%80%9361
  • Prime Minister of Australia drowned at a beach and his body was never recovered/found

    Prime Minister of Australia drowned at a beach and his body was never recovered/found

  • Federal Government directs all future TV commercials to be made in Australia

    Federal Government directs all future TV commercials to be made in Australia

  • Melbourne: Busfhires rage through the Great Divide and the Dandenong Ranges on the edge of Melboune, killing 8 people and destroying hundreds of houses

    Melbourne: Busfhires rage through the Great Divide and the Dandenong Ranges on the edge of Melboune, killing 8 people and destroying hundreds of houses

  • 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"

    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"

  • A person attempts to climb the berlin wall and dies, attempting to do so

    A person attempts to climb the berlin wall and dies, attempting to do so

  • First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy, Ivan Skripov, is expelled as a spy

  • Wimbledon: Margaret Smith becomes the first Australian woman to win the Women's Singles tennis championship

    Wimbledon: Margaret Smith becomes the first Australian woman to win the Women's Singles tennis championship

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

    Menzies becomes the first Party leader to make his policy speech on TV

  • Queensland Government declares a state of emergency in an attempt to end an industrial dispute at Mt Isa mines.

  • The Beatles tour Australia.

  • Sydney: The first hydrofoil ferry service begins

  • Canberra: Prime Minister Menzies commits Australian troops to fight in Vietnam

  • London: Prime Minister Menzies declares that Australia is at war with Vietnam

  • The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies resigns after 16 straight years in office. Harold Holt succeeds him

  • Australia changes over to decimal currency

  • 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.

  • Brisbane: Demonstrations against Queensland Government regulations, which require groups to apply for, and be granted, a permit before holding any public meeting in the city

  • Canberra: John Grey Gorton sworn in as Australia's 19th Prime Minister after Harold's Holt's disappearance

  • Wimbledon: Rod Laver wins Men's Singles tennis title in the first Open Wimbledon

    rod laver a champion

  • Hong Kong: Ill-fated aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts an American destroyer in half in the South China Sea, killing at least 56 American sailors

  • Canberra: Prime Minister Gorton announces phased withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam