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1960
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The
Design Council
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Design Centre
Awards included the Kodak Brownie Camera and Queensbury Ware Nursery
China
CoID Scottish
Committee ran series of lectures on furnishing and decoration including
'Rooms and Personality' and 'The Home as Part of A Living Community'
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| John F Kennedy
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The Sharpeville
Massacre in South Africa |
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Laser (Light
Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) developed
Traffic wardens
took to the streets of New York to control parking
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All-transistor
portable TV, developed by Sony, became available |
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Disposable and
colourful: Pop design boxes by Cliff Richards
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1961
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The
Design Council
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CoID opened
a new permanent exhibition of Street Furniture on the South Bank
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Berlin Wall
built to stop East Germans fleeing to the West
Bay of Pigs
invasion, backed by the US Government
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Soviet Yuri
Gagarin was the first man in space |
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| First electric
toothbrush used |
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London's first
discotheque opened |
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1962
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The
Design Council
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Centre Awards included Sunflower printed cotton by Howard Carter and
Vacco de Luxe vacuum flask |
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Cuban missile
crisis brought USA and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war
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Fibre-tipped
pen developed by Pentel in Japan
Industrial robots
were marketed
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First public
communications satellite, Telstar 1, in orbit First transatlantic
television broadcast
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The "Sacco"
chair launched the era of the beanbag at the end of the 1960s
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1963
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President Kennedy
assassinated
£2,580,000 stolen
in the Great Train Robbery
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The coldest
winter in Britain for 200 years
John Profumo
resigned over the Christine Keeler scandal
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The first battery-operated,
portable cassette recorder was introduced by Philips
Compact cassette
introduced by Philips
Rotary lawnmower
(Flymo) went on sale
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Dr Who's first
adventure
Cliff Richard
had a cinema hit with 'Summer Holiday'
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Paper chair
designed by Peter Murdoch, 1964
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1964
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Mods and rockers
clashed in British seaside towns
First BBC2 broadcast
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The Sun newspaper
was launched
Labour came
to power under Harold Wilson
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IBM developed
its first word processor
First Habitat
store opened
First high-speed
train, the Bullet, reached an average speed of 101mph in Japan
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Carbon fibres
developed by Courtaulds
Acrylic paints
developed
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1965
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The
Design Council
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The Exhibition
Centre in London acquired another floor which was devoted to special
education themed exhibitions
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Death penalty
for murder abolished in the UK
US bombed North
Vietnam - the start of the Vietnam War
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Winston Churchill
died |
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England's 1966
World Cup victory at Wembley
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1966
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Cultural revolution
began in China
England won
the World Cup at Wembley
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Aberfan disaster
in Wales
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Fibre-optic
telephone cables developed
Action Man launched,
descended from the American GI Joe doll
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Post Office
opened electronic telephone exchange
The Severn suspension
bridge was completed
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1967
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The
Design Council
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Magazine' leader article in January was 'educating tomorrow's consumer'
showing the impact of design on children CoID organised industrial
design exhibitions in Yugoslavia |
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First human
heart transplant
Milton Keynes
was designated a new town
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First Radio
1 broadcast |
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First cash
dispenser installed
Domestic microwave
introduced
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Breathalyzers
introduced to try to curb drink-driving
'2001: A Space
Odyssey' was released
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1968
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The
Design Council
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| 'Design
for Export' - Design Centre exhibition run in collaboration with British
National Export Council |
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Student riots
in Paris
Soviets invaded
Czechoslovakia
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Martin Luther
King and Robert Kennedy assassinated
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Skateboard
developed as a street version of surfing
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Walking on the
Moon: the successful Apollo mission in 1969 marked a key point in
the exploration of space
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1969
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Neil Armstrong
was the first man to walk on the Moon
British Army
took over security in Northern Ireland
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Voting age in
Britain reduced to 18 from 21 |
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Harrier jump
jet, first vertical take-off and landing aircraft, went into service
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