KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1960
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- Film Ben Hur wins a record 10 oscars
- Dr Maertens boots launched in the UK
- The word 'Catsuit' is added the english dictionary
- The 'Royal Shakespeare Company' is founded
- National Service ends in the UK
- Alfred Hitchcocks 'Psycho' is released
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1961
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- Eddie Murphy is born
- Diana Spencer is born
- Weight Watchers is founded in the USA
- The oral contraceptive is launched in the USA
- In flight movies are introduced by TWA
- Bob Dylan plays his first gig in New York
- E-Type Jaguar launched
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1962
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- Tom Cruise is born
- Cans that can be opened with tabs are invented by the City Beer Company
- Decca records turns down signing the Beatles
- Marilyn Monroe found dead
- Sean Connery lands the role of James Bond
- John Glenn becomes the first american to orbit the earth
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1963
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- George Michael born
- The 'hover' lawnmower by Flymo is invented
- The first nude screen tests are held
- President Kennedy killed in Dallas
- Stevie Wonder releases first album
- The 'Great Train Robbery' in Buckinghamshire
- The equal pay law for man and woman is passed in the USA
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1964
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- Pulitzer Prizes cancelled as commitee announces no work is good enough
- Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland are married in London
- Mods and Rockers clash at seaside resorts
- Top of the Pops first broadcast
- The Sun is first publised in the UK
- The head of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen is sawn off and stolen
- Mary Poppins wins 8 Oscars
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1965
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- Brooke Shields born
- The Rolling Stones fined £5 for urinating against a wall
- Soviet Alexei Leonov performs the first space walk
- Health warnings on cigarette packs required in the USA
- Ian Brady and Myra Hindley convicted
- Post Office tower opens in London
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1966
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- Laker Airways founded
- The Rolling Stones banned from 14 New York hotels
- Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow married
- Cassius Clay beats Henry Cooper
- Graham Hill wins Indy 500 at first attempt
- The first British credit card 'The Barclaycard' is introduced in the UK
- The Kray twins shoot George Cornell in the 'Blind Beggar Pub'
- Star Trek premiered on NBC
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1967
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- Elvis Presley and Priscilla married
- Dartford Tunnel opened
- The words 'bell bottom' introduced into the dictionary
- First heart transplant
- The BEE GEE's first single is released
- 'The Graduate' film is released
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1968
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- British Decimal Coins
- Wimbledon tennis open to professionals
- Andy Warhol Shot (he survived)
- First Kodak Instamatic camera
- Scientists devise the Epidural to ease the pain of childbirth
- 2001: Space Odyssey released
- Boeing 747 first flight
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1969
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- Man walk on the Moon
- US Units withdrawn from Vietnam
- 50 pence coin introduced
- Test-tube fertilisation of human eggs
- Pele scores 1000th goal
- Boing 747 and Concorde first flight
- Monty Python's Flying Circus first broadcast
- Woodstock
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1970
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- Jimi Hendrix dies
- George Best banned for one month
- Bobby Moore accused of stealing jewellery (later cleared)
- 1000th Episode of Coronation Street
- IBM introduces floppy disks
- Paul McCartney leaves the Beatles
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1971
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- Ferrari Daytona goes on sale
- US astronauts drive on the moon in a 'Moon rover'
- London bridge moves to Arizona
- Nontuplets (9) are born in Australia
- Decimal currency introduced in the UK
- The first VCR is launched by Philips
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1972
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- Liam Gallagher (Oasis) is born
- Mr Men books first published
- The VW Beetle becomes the biggest selling car ever
- Mark Spitz wins 7 Gold medals for swimming
- The pocket calculator is invented by Texas Instruments
- The Godfather film is released
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1973
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- VAT is introduced to Britain
- First black newscaster in Britian - Trevor McDonald
- Driving is banned on Sundays in Holland to save petrol reserves
- The longest solar eclipse is visible from the Sahara desert
- There are only 950 windmills left in Holland!
- The disposable lighter is invented
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1974
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- Disposable plastic razors invented by Gillette
- Three day working week introduced in the UK
- Free family planning available on the NHS
- Scientists prove that CFC's destroy the Ozone layer
- Kate Moss born
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1975
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- Tiger Woods the US golfer is born
- VHS and Betamax video introduced
- First woman climbs Everest
- Dutch Elm kills 6.5 million trees in the UK
- Paul McCartney fined for growing Marijuana
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1976
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- The phrase 'Junk food' enters the english language
- First commercial flight by Concorde (London - Bahrain)
- Apple Computers founded by Steven Jobs
- Viking 1 probe lands on Mars
- Liverpool FC win league for record 9th time
- The dryest summer in the UK since 1727
- The VW Golf is launched
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1977
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- The US space shuttle prototype 'Enterprise' flys for the first time
- Elvis dies aged 42
- The last case of smallpox in the wild occurs in Somalia
- Red Rum wins Grand National for 3rd time
- Street parties in the UK for the Queens silver jubilee
- Star Wars breaks all box office records
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1978
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- The Smurfs appear on TV for the first time
- The first multi functional food processor is launched
- World's first test tube baby is born
- 'Superman' starring Christopher Reeve is released
- 'Grease' starring John Travolta is released
- Space Invaders the first ever arcade video game is launched
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1979
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- The Sony Walkman is launched
- John Wayne dies
- First offical British nudist beach is opened in Brighton
- Margaret Thatcher becomes Britian's first female prime minister
- Punk rocker Sid Vicious found dead in New York
- Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Y.M.C.A. is the top selling hit of the year in the UK
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1980
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- Ronald Reagan becomes US President
- British Airways is privatised
- 'ghetto-blaster' is included in the English dictionary for the first time
- John Lennon shot and killed in New York
- The world waits to see 'Who shot JR' in Dallas TV series
- Dutch company Philips launch 'Compact Disc'
- Rubik's cube is voted Toy of the Year
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1981
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- France officially abolishes the death penalty and with it the guillotine
- President Reagan shot in attempted assassination
- Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles married
- BMW develop first in car computer, to monitor engine performance
- PacMan fever dominated video arcade games
- IBM lanches its first personal computer
- NASA space shuttle makes maiden flight
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1982
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- Graceland, home of Elvis, opened to the public
- New full colour newspaper launched 'USA Today'
- Channel Four launched in the UK
- Argentinia invades the Falklands
- Italy win footballs World Cup
- Michael Jackson releases 'Thriller' album
- Rap music reaches the mainstream pop music
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1983
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- Madonna releases first record album
- Richard Noble breaks land speed record
- 'Hitler's diaries' are exposed as a hoax
- Karma Chameleon by Culture Club is the top selling single in the UK
- Cabbage Patch Kids are the best selling toy of the year
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1984
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- Ghostbusters & Scarface hit the cinema screen
- Madonna’s album Like a Virgin sold over 20 million copies
- Liechtenstein gives votes to woman! The last country in Europe to do so!
- Marvin Gaye is shot dead by his father
- Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It’ wins record of the Year
- CD-ROM is invented
- The Apple Macintosh goes on sale
- Michael Jackson's scalp is severely burned by pyrotechnics during a filming of the
Pepsi ad
- The 1984 Sarajevo winter Olympics open
- Starlight Express opens at Apollo Victoria Theatre in London
- Virgin Atlantic Airways makes its inaugral flight
- Space shuttle Discovery makes its maiden voyage
- Ghandi becomes Primi Minister of India
- English footballer Darren Bent is born (Feb)
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1985
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- Gorbachev becomes Soviet Leader
- Back to the Future starring Michael J Foxx is released
- For the 1st time since 1914, the USA owed more money to foreigners than it owed
- True Blue by Madonna is best selling album
- Eastenders hit the screen Surely it would never catch on!
- The year of the fingerless gloves!
- Multi-venue rock concert organised by Sir Bob Geldof was held, raising money for
famine relief in Ethiopia
- The first British cell phone call is made (by Ernie Wise to Vodafone)
- New York New York becomes official city anthem
- The 30th Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Gothenburg, Sweden
- Irish Footballers Dean Shiels & Simon Davis are born
- Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts is born (October)
- David Purley, British race driver dies (July)
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1986
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- Fuji introduces the disposable camera
- Bad by Michael Jackson is best selling album
- Best Male Solo artist is Phil Collins
- Best Female Solo artist Annie Lennox
- Y-fronts became a thing of the past as boxer shorts made it big!
- Kylie & Jason got married in Neighbours
- British journalist John McCarthy is kidnapped in Beirut
- The Chernobyl disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station happens
- The 1986 FIFA World Cups takes place in Mexico
- Prince Andrew marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminter
- Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title defeating Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas
- Harold McMillan dies at the age of 92
- British boxer Amir Khan was born (December)
- Space shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch killing all 6 on
board, including one school teacher
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1987
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- Disposable contact lenses invented
- 3-D video games invented
- Sylvanian Families are a bestseller in the toy department
- Cycling shorts became fashionable not just for cycling! Although maybe they should
have been!
- Patrick Swayze danced his way across the big screen in Dirty Dancing whilst Michael
Douglas had a Fatal Attraction
- Karaoke was introduced - thanks to our Japanese friends
- Aretha Franklin becomes first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
- British Airways is privatised and listed on the London Stock Exchange
- Construction of the Channel Tunnel is initiated
- World population reached 5 billion people
- Amercian singer and actress Hilary Duff is born
- Welsh footballer Trevor Hockey dies
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:
1988
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- Welcome to the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles!
- Bros were the new kids on the block
- The must have car accessory was Garfield the cat!
- Digital cellular phones are invited
- Salman Rushdie published his Satanic Verses
- Formula One, Ayrton Senna clinches his first World Championship in the Japanese
Grand Prix
- Scottish footballer Alan Lowing was born (January)
- English footballer Darryl Knights is born
- Andy Gibb of the Bee Gees dies
- Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker dies
- U2's album 'Joshua Tree' wins a Grammy
- George Bush is elected US President
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KEY EVENTS FROM THE YEAR:1989
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- Shirley Valentine & When Harry Met Sally on the big screen
- Rain Man wins Academy Award for Best Picture
- Sky dishes were being erected everywhere!
- Bruno versus Tyson fight
- Nintendo Game Boy was born
- The ever-youthful Barbie turned 30!
- The Berlin wall came down!
- A 300m diamater 'near-earth' asteroid misses earth by 500,000km (400,000miles)
- Poll Tax is introduced into Scotland
- France celebrates the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution
- Football fans are crushed at the Hillsborough disaster
- Grammy Award went to Bobby McFerrin for his song 'Don’t Worry, Be Happy'
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