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It is New Years day and the year 1961 had begun.
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"Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."
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The Credit Squeeze hits the car industry: GMH to dismiss 2,600 workers.
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Ford sacks 980 workers, making a total of 2000 since the previous November.
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Apr 25 Hotels and theatres open for the first time on Anzac Day. Organised sport allowed in the afternoon
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NASA launches Alan Shepard in Freedom 7, first American human suborbital flight.
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The trip to the moon begins in this year of 1961.
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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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On 8th of July 1961 Rod Laver won the men's single tennis final in Wimbeldon at England.
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Tossin' and Turnin' was one of the most successful songs to be released in the early sixties. It was written by Bobby Lewis
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Jun 30 Canberra: Compulsory national service training for men ends
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The Wall was erected in because more than 2.6 million East Germans escaped to West Berlin or West Germany.
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Brisbane: First tied cricket test Australia v West indies at The Gabba Crown-of-thorns starfish begins ravaging the Great Barrier Reef
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Sydney: Woman fined for being "unsuitably dressed" wearing a bikini at Bondi Beach
