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Date |
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| 1 | 1960 | - 1960: USA Vietnam War Begins
- 1960: The halogen lamp invented.
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| 2 | 1961 | - 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion: United States vs Cuba 1961.
- 1961: John F. Kennedy president of the USA 1961-1963.
- 1961: Valium invented.
- 1961: The nondairy creamer invented.
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| 3 | 1962 | - 1962: The audio cassette invented.
- 1962: The fiber-tip pen invented by Yukio Horie.
- 1962: Spacewar, the first computer video game invented.
- 1962: Dow Corp invents silicone breast implants.
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| 4 | 1963 | - 1963: John F. Kennedy assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas, Texas, 22 Nov 1963.
- 1963: Lyndon B. Johnson president of the USA 1963-1969. Lyndon B. Johnson, vice president under John F. Kennedy, sworn in as president aboard Air Force One upon death of Kennedy.
- 1963: The first videodisc invented.
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| 5 | 1964 | - 1964: Acrylic paint invented.
- 1964: Permanent-press fabric invented.
- 1964: BASIC (an early computer language) is invented by John George Kemeny and Tom Kurtz.
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| 6 | 1965 | - 1965: Astroturf invented.
- 1965: Soft contact lenses invented.
- 1965: NutraSweet invented.
- 1965: The compact disk invented by James Russell.
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Abt 1960 - Abt 1965 (5 years)