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From Father's Birth to Today
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Iraqi Revolution
The Iraqi monarchy is overthrown by Arab nationalists -
The First Cod War
The First Cod War, a war regarding fishing rights between the United Kingdom and Iceland. The war lasted until November 12, and then on and off until late in the 1970's -
Birth Control Pill first on sale
The female birth control contraceptive, the pill, was released in the United States after Food and Drug Administration approval. -
First man in space.
The Soviets one the Space Race against the US by managing to have Yuri Gagarin the first man in outer space during the Vostok 1 mission on 12 April 1961. -
Bay of Pigs
An unsuccessful attempt by CIA-trained operatives to invade Cuba under the leadership of newly-elected Presdient John F. Kennedy, attempting to replace the Castro government with one that the American government could negotiate with. The Cuban armed forces defeated the invaders within three days -
Mother's Birth
Mother was born in Catisfield, Fareham. -
Australia Joined Vietnam War
On this day Australia'c commitment to the Vietnam War Began with 30 Military Advisors being sent to assist in training South Vietnamese Forces. Combat troops were sent to Vietnam in 1965, with the peak commitment of troops was 7,672 soldiers. 521 Australian soldiers were killed during the war, and more than 3,000 soldiers were wounded. The war ended on April 30, 1975, after more than nine years of battle. -
Mum's first TV
This was the first year my mother could remember having a computer. -
First Heart Transplant
The first human-to-human heart transplant is performed by South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town. The operation is a success, but the patient dies after complications set in. -
Man lands on the moon.
On 20 July, 1969, the Lunar Module, Eagle, landed on the moon, in a place called the Sea of Tranquillity.
Commander Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
As he stepped off the ladder and put his foot on the moon’s surface, he said, ‘One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.’. -
Australia leaves the Vietnam War
Australia's commitment to the War ended with the withdrawal of the last Australian Troops. -
Cyclone Tracy
Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974. The storm racked up $800 million US worth of damage at the time of impact. -
Medicare introduced
Medicare is Australia's publicly funded universal health care system, operated by the government authority Medicare Australia. Medicare is intended to provide affordable treatment by doctors and in public hospitals for all resident citizens and permanent residents. -
Smallpox eradicated
Smallpox is an infectious disease unique to humans. Smallpox localizes in small blood vessels of the skin and in the mouth and throat. In the skin, this results in a characteristic maculopapular rash, and later, raised fluid-filled blisters.
In the early 1950s an estimated 50 million cases of smallpox occurred in the world each year. -
Mum's first computer
This was the year my mother's family bought their first computer. -
Aboriginal Compulsory Voting
Although allowed to vote in some states and territories for some time the Aborigines of Australia are now made to vote like their 'white' counterparts. -
Chernobyl Disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident of catastrophic proportions that occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
56 direct deaths occured. -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic s that completely cut off West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin.
On the 9th of November 1989, in the early evening, thousands of Berliners and the like descended on the barrier and began to tear down the wall that had separated them for nearly 3 decades. -
First Computer
This was the year my family bought our first at home computer. -
Brynn's Birth
Brynn Beatrice Perkins was born at 1:27pm on this day to the proud parents of another 5 daughters. Brynn was to be their last child. -
First internet connection.
This was the year the internet was first connected to the Perkins' computer. -
The 9/11 Bombing Attacks.
A series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings -
Afghanistan War
In October 2001 Australia joined fellow ally Amercia in the Afghanistan War.
As to date we have lost 22 defence personel in this war. -
Australia Joins the Iraq War
On this day the invasion of Iraq by America and the allied forces began. -
The Boxing Day Tsunami
In the early hours of Boxing Day 2004 a large earthquake occured close to the Indonesian islands in the Indian Ocean. The sheer force of the earthquake caused a tsunami that affected the surrounded regions and caused as many as 230,000 deaths. It remains the 6th deadliest earthquake in recorded history. -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes in recorded history.
The hurricane formed on the 23rd of August and dissipated on the 30th. Affecting areas from the Bahamas to Louisiana the hurricane racked up $90.9 billion US and also with a cost of as many as 1,836 lives. -
Apology to Stolen Generation
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to all Aborigines and particularly the Stolen Generation for their "profound grief, suffering and loss". -
Swine Flu
This was the year Swine Influenza took to our shores and as such concerns spread like wildfire through the community.
No studies have attempted to estimate the total number of deaths attributable to H1N1 flu. But the most recent estimate was that there were 9,820 deaths due to the flu. -
Brynn on Facebook
Brynn Perkins logged onto Facebook for the first time, and has never looked back.
