1965
 
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  • US bombs North Vietnam
  • India-Pakistan War begins in Kashmir.
  • Watts race riots (Los Angeles)
  • Rhodesia declares independence
  • Military rule in Indonesia under Suharto after attempted Communist coup
  • Singapore secedes from Malaysia; Lee Kuan Yew remains PM
  • Black Muslim leader Malcolm X assassinated in New York
  • ALP abandons the White Australia policy
  • Askin Premier of NSW
  • Conscription introduced in Australia
  • Australian combat troops sent to Vietnam
  • First space walk (Ivan Leonov)
  • US Gemini 6 & 7 rendezvous in orbit
  • Silicon chip developed
  • British fashion designer Mary Quant introduces the miniskirt.
  • First wine cask
  • "Lava lamps" (originally "Astrolights") become popular

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