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Easter Monday 1960 American Rock star Eddie Chochran died in a road crash at Chippenham Wiltshire while on route to Heathrow from Bristol |
5th June 1963. War Minister John Pfofumo resigns after lying to the House of Commons about his involvement with call girl Christine Keeler |
The first transatlatic television pictures recieved from the Telstar communication satellite. July 12th 1962 |
More on the Profumo affair. Private Eye's front cover 14th June 1963. Click on image to see what Prime Minister Harold MacMillan is saying |
Having been arrested in October 1965 Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were sentenced to life imprisoment on 6th of May 1966 |
Probably the most remembered event of the 1960's. The assasination of President John F Kennedy on 22nd November 1963 |
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The death was anounnced of Sir Winston Churchill at the age of 90 on the 24th of January 1965 |
Prime Minister Harold Wilson commenting upon the Unilateral Declaration of Independence by the govenment of Rhodesia led by Ian Smith on November 11th 1965 |
4th of June 1964. The infamous Margate bank holiday battles between rival youth groups. The Mods and Rockers |
Lee Harvey Oswaldwas accused of shooting president John F Kennedy. Oswald was never stood trial. he was shot dead by Jack Ruby on November 22nd 1963. |
While campaigning as the 1968 Democratic presedential candidate, Robert Kenndey was assasinated by Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles shortly after midnight on June the 5th |
American astronauts Niel Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon. July 20th 1969 |
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The A6 murder trial ended with James Hanratty being found guilty on 13th March 1962. Hanratty was one of the last men to hanged on 14th April 1962 |
This spectacular picture of the death of Donald Campbell atConiston Water when his boat Bluebird K7 went out of control on January 4th 1967 |
1st February 1968. Brigadier-General Nguyen Ngoc loan photographed shooting a Vietcong prisoner by press photographer Eddie Adams. |
116 children and 28 adults died in the Aberfan disaster when a slag heap collapsed on 21st October 1966 |
Dora Bryan's record entered the top 20 on 28th December 1963. Well Christmas is the silly season as far as record buying is concerned |
The winter freeze of 1963 caused a huge rise in the price of vegetables because the ground was to hard for farmers to harvest them. |
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