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1960 to 1969
Menzies Events Menzies government imposes credit squeezeNarrowly returned at Federal electionTalks with President KennedyOrder of Knight of the ThistleOpening of Lake Burley GriffinLord Warden of the Cinque PortsRetires as Prime MinisterChancellor of University of MelbourneSuffers small cerebral thrombosisIn active retirement
Australian Events Nobel Prize for MedicineLarge oil and iron ore discoveriesAborigines gain right to voteSecond Royal tourAustralian troops to VietnamAnti-Vietnam war protestsIntroduction of decimal currencyVote ends constitutional discrimina-tion against AboriginesBass Strait oil and gas discoveredEqual pay for equal work
World Events Sharpeville Massacre, South AfricaBerlin Wall erectedCuban missile crisisJohn F Kennedy assassinatedChina explodes atomic bombSir Winston Churchill diesFirst soft landing on the moonWorld's first heart transplantMartin Luther King and Robert Kennedy assassinatedArmstrong and Aldrin walk on Moon
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