1960s By kelvinvaz Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1969 1960s Jul 19, 1960 First Hijacking in the World Info on Hijacking Dec 14, 1960 OECD is formed in Paris OECD Jun 23, 1961 Australia signs the Antratic Treaty Antratic Treaty Dec 19, 1961 Goa becomes an Indian State Goa Mar 1, 1962 Cahill Express is Complete Cahill Express Sep 29, 1962 Alouette 1 is Launched Alouette 1 Oct 5, 1962 First James Bond Movie ' Dr. No' is released http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055928/ Nov 1, 1963 Indigenous Australians are allowed to vote Voting Nov 22, 1963 Assassination of JFK Assassination of JFK Jan 25, 1964 Dawn Fraser is elected Australian of the Year Dawn Fraser Oct 10, 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games Opens 1964 Olympic Games Feb 15, 1965 The Seeker Hit No.1 on UK Charts [The Seekers](www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ga9Bs4fzSY) Oct 15, 1965 Singapore becomes the 22nd Member of the Commonwealth Singapore Feb 14, 1966 Australia switches from pound to dollar Australian Dollar Sep 30, 1966 Botswana achieves Independence Botswana Feb 7, 1967 Fires in Tasmania Tasmania Fires Mar 9, 1967 Svetlana Alliluyeva defect to the U.S. Svetlana Alliluyeva Aug 20, 1968 The National Gallery of Victoria is opened NGV Jan 12, 1969 Led Zeppelin Releases their first Album http://discography.ledzeppelin.com/disc_lz1.html Jul 21, 1969 Neil Armstrong walks on the monn http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11_hd-video.html Dec 16, 1969 John Gordon annouces the withdraw of Aust. troops from vietnam http://www.vvaa.org.au/calendar.htm
