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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1955 | - 1 Nov 1955—30 Apr 1975: Vietnam War
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| 2 | 1964 | - 1964: Nelson Mandela Sentenced to Life in Prison
- 1964: Eric Edgar Cooke becomes the last person hanged in Western Australia.
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| 3 | 1966 | - 1966: Star Trek T.V. Series Airs
- 14 Feb 1966: Decimal currency is introduced.
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| 4 | 1967 | - 27 May 1967: Australian referendum relating to Indigenous Australians. The results of the referendum recognised Aboriginal people on the census and made "Aboriginal Affairs' the responsiblity of the Commonwealth.
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| 5 | 1969 | - 20 Jul 1969: Moon Landing - On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.
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| 6 | 1970 | - 1970: Computer Floppy Disks Introduced
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| 7 | 1972 | - 30 Jan 1972: Bloody Sunday - Derry, Northern Ireland, in which 26 unarmed civil-rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army.
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| 8 | 1975 | - 1975: First colour television broadcast.
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| 9 | 1977 | - 16 Aug 1977: Death of Elvis Aaron Presley
(8 January 1935 - 16 August 1977), "The King of Rock 'n' Roll".
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| 10 | 1979 | - 1979: WAY 79, was the official sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) celebration of the colonisation of Western Australia by Europeans.
- 12 Jul 1979: Skylab crashes to earth around esperance area.
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| 11 | 1980 | - 8 Dec 1980: Death of John Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 - 8 December 1980)
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| 12 | 1981 | - 12 Aug 1981: IBM launches the first PC
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| 13 | 1983 | - 1983: Western Australia - Australia II wins the Americas Cup.
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| 14 | 1989 | |
| 15 | 1990 | - 1990: Nelson Mandela Freed
- 3 Oct 1990: The fall of the Berlin wall paved the way for German reunification, which was formally concluded.
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1964 - 1995 (31 years)