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Heat waves kills 11 in Central Australia and 13 in Sydney
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musicians (Australian) make it to world stages. This is when Australia was starting to participate in World stages.
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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.
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Billiards champion Walter Lindrum dies at 61
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Electrical appliances had started to be used at home, and the demand for them grew later on in the 60's.
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First tied cricket test Australia v West indies at The Gabba
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Federal Government directs all future TV commercials to be made in Australia
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Wimbledon: Rod Laver wins Men's Singles tennis final
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Elvis Preseley started to release his songs.
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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"
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Sydney: Last tram runs from La Perousse to Randwick workshops
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Valium (diazepam) belongs to a group of drugs called benzodiazepines. Diazepam affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause anxiety.
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After working for many years under haute couture figure Cristóbal Balenciaga, André Courrèges sets up his own house of fashion design.
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Perth: Prince Philip opens the Commonwealth Games. Australia's medal tally at the end of the games is 38, the highest score for any one country in Commonwealth Games' history
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The fibre or felt-tipped pen was invented by Yukio Horie of the Tokyo Stationery Company, Japan.
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Spacewar! was conceived in 1961 by Martin Graetz, Stephen Russell, and Wayne Wiitanen. It was first realized on the PDP-1 in 1962 by Stephen Russell, Peter Samson, Dan Edwards, and Martin Graetz, together with Alan Kotok, Steve Piner, and Robert A Saunders. Spacewar! is in the public domain, but this credit paragraph must accompany all distributed versions of the program.
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Sydney: Woman fined for being "unsuitably dressed" wearing a bikini at Bondi Beach.
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Cardin designed the Beatles suits which became popular for men. The suit had a single breasted collarless jacket and slim pants. Mary Quant started her own label, and is responsible for designing mini skirts, colored tights, and wet look vinyl fashions.
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Wimbledon: Margaret Smith becomes the first Australian woman to win the Women's Singles tennis championship
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Videodisc (or video disc) is a general term for a laser- or stylus-readable random-access disc that contains both audio and analog video signals recorded in an analog form. Typically, it is a reference to any such media that predates the mainstream popularity of the DVD format.
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The first time The beatles tour Australia.
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Space age clothing starts to become popular. Different materials were used such as discs of metal or plastic linked together with wire. Leather is also used. Metallic or neon colors were involved.
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BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
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The ALP deletes "White Australia" from its immigration policy
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Canberra: Prime Minister Menzies commits Australian troops to fight in Vietnam
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Melbourne: Students protest over Springbok tour - the all white Springbok Rugby Union team arrive to a hostile reception
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Canberra: Lake Burley Griffin official opened
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The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies resigns after 16 straight years in office. Harold Holt succeeds him
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Australia changes over to decimal currency
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Harry Chan elected first ethnic Chinese mayor
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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.
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A fire that killed Thousands!
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90% of white Australians vote in referendum for proposal to count aborigines in the census and to allow the federal government to make special laws for them
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The Federal Government announces it will set up the Office of Aboriginal Affairs
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Poet Isobel Marion Dorothea Mackellar dies
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Sydney: British comedian Tony Hancock found dead in his flat after overdose of barbiturates and alcohol
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Melbourne: Opening of the National Gallery of Victoria
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Mike Wenden wins his second gold medal at the Olympics for the 200 metres freestyle
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Vic: Death toll from bushfires across the state reaches 15
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Johnny Famechon wins World Featherweight boxng title
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Southern Aurora express passenger train crashes into a goods train from Sydney, killing at least 10 people and injuring 50
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Opening of musical Hair with controversial 30 second nudity scene
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Police battle 3,000 Vietnam war protesters outside the US Consulate
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Artist Norman Lindsay dies at 90
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Prime Minister Gorton announces phased withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam
