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Valdivia Earthquake
Most powerful earthquake to ever recorded up to now with a rating of 9.5, it also in turn created a tsunami which affected Chile, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines, eastern New Zealand, southeast Australia, and the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. -
Soviets launch first man in space
On board Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made history on April 12, 1961 when he became both the first person in the world to enter space and the first person to orbit the Earth. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
Start of Cuban Missile Crisis. A 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other, in October 1962. It is one of the major confrontations of the Cold War, and is generally regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. -
JFK Assassination.
JFK was fatally shot while riding in the presidential car in texas. It was concluded that he was assassinated by Lee Oswald. Although many people though that it was a cover up for the real killer. -
Beatles
The Beatles world tour reaches Australia, where they played at Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Afterwards they headed to new-zealand on their world tour. -
Austrailian troops fighting in Vietnam
Prime Minister Menzies commits Australian troops to fight in Vietnam. In total 49,211 served, 520 died and 2,396 were wounded. Many people were agianst the sending of troops to vietnam and protests started becasue of this. -
Decimal Currency
Australia changes to decimal currency, introducing different coins which would replace the current currency. The coins introduced where 1, 2, 5, 10 due to them being the easiest to make any amount with the least amoiunt of coins. -
Death Penalty Removed
Ronald Ryan is the last man to be hanged in Australia. His death lead to the removal of the death penalty. Due to many people protesting against the death penalty. He was guilty of shooting and killing a warden. -
Martin Luther King Jnr. Shot
Martin Luther King Jnr. shot dead in Memphis, Tenesee. His death led to riots happening at major cities in the US lasting for days. -
Man on the Moon
First people to ever land on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, win the space race for the US. This fullfileld what JFK had wished for in his speech about wanting to land on the moon.
