Key events from
1960
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- Film Ben Hur wins a record 10 oscars
- 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
- The last barge on the Grand Canal leaves Dublin carrying Guiness to Limerick. It was the end of a 156-year old service.
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Key events from
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
- JFK is sworn in as President of the USA, he is the first President of Irish- Catholic descent
- The last legal execution occurs in Ireland occurs in Belfast. It is of Robert McGladdery for murder.
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Key events from
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
- A final train is run on the west Cork railway
- Irish troops leave for a peacekeeping mission in the Congo
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Key events from
1963
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- George Michael born
- President Kennedy killed in Dallas
- Stevie Wonder releases first album
- The equal pay law for man and woman is passed in the USA
- Thomas Johnson, first parliamentary leader of the Irish Labour Party dies aged 91
- The Beatles arrive in Dublin for a concert in the Adelphi Cinema
- Nov 22nd- President De Valera addresses the nation on the death of President Kennedy.
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Key events from
1964
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- Pulitzer Prizes cancelled as commitee announces no work is good enough
- The head of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen is sawn off and stolen
- Mary Poppins wins 8 Oscars
- The death penalty is abolished for all apart from the murder of gardai, diplomats and prison officers.
- The Abbey theatre in Dublin closes in mourning for playwright Sean O' Casey who died
- Brendan Behan's funeral takes place in Dublin
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Key events from
1965
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- Soviet Alexei Leonov performs the first space walk
- Health warnings on cigarette packs required in the USA
- Ian Brady and Myra Hindley convicted
- The first car ferry service between Rosslare, County Wexford and Fishguard, Wales officially opens.
- The Gaelic Athletic Association Congress in Dublin decides that the ban on foreign games is to stay in place.
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Key events from
1966
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- The Rolling Stones banned from 14 New York hotels
- Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow married
- Star Trek premiered on NBC
- The Bishop of Clonfert protests over the content of The Late Late Show. The bishop took exception when a woman told the host Gay Byrne that she didn't wear a nightie on her wedding night
- A memorial is to be opened at Kilmichael, County Cork to commemorate the 1920 ambush there.
- President de Valera opens the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin's Parnell Square.
- April 10th- Celebrations take place to mark the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising. Nine hundred 1916 survivors hear the reading of the Proclamation. President de Valera takes the salute at a military parade.
- July 18th- Exactly fifteen years after being burned down the newAbbey Theatre opens.
- Nov 25th- The body of Seán T. O'Kelly, Second President of Ireland, lies in state at the Pro-Cathedral.
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Key events from
1967
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- Elvis Presley and Priscilla married
- First heart transplant
- The BEE GEE's first single is released
- 'The Graduate' film is released
- Ireland's free post-primary school transport scheme begins. CIÉ brings 38,000 students to 350 schools.
- The first independent computer in this country open at Shannon Airport.
- The Minister for Education, Donogh O'Malley, reveals his plan for a single multi-denominational University of Dublin. This would combine University College Dublin and Trinity College Dublin.
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Key events from
1968
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- 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
- The New University of Ulster is opened in Coleraine, County Londonderry.
- 20 new traffic wardens are introduced on Dublin's streets.
- 6 June - Ireland mourns the loss of Senator Robert Kennedy who was assassinated. Dáil Éireann pays tribute and a book of condolence is opened
- President de Valera opens the John F. Kennedy Memorial Park in New Ross, County Wexford>.
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Key events from
1969
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- Man walks on the Moon
- US Units withdrawn from Vietnam
- Test-tube fertilisation of human eggs
- Pele scores 1000th goal
- Boing 747 and Concorde first flight
- The Lichfield Report is issued - it proposes the creation of a "University of Limerick" which will be orientated towards technological subjects
- Ireland receives its first loan from the World Bank.
- Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Terence O'Neill, resigns
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Key events from
1970
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- Jimi Hendrix dies
- George Best banned for one month
- Bobby Moore accused of stealing jewellery (later cleared)
- IBM introduces floppy disks
- Paul McCartney leaves the Beatles
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Key events from
1971
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- Ferrari Daytona goes on sale
- US astronauts drive on the moon in a 'Moon rover'
- Nontuplets (9) are born in Australia
- The first VCR is launched by Philips
- The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Dublin
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Key events from
1972
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- Liam Gallagher (Oasis) is born
- The VW Beetle becomes the biggest selling car ever
- The pocket calculator is invented by Texas Instruments
- The Godfather film is released
- Mary Peters becomes the first Irish woman to win a gold medal at the Olympics
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Key events from
1973
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- The longest solar eclipse is visible from the Sahara desert
- The disposable lighter is invented
- Ireland joins the European Community along with Britain and Denmark.
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Key events from
1974
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- Scientists prove that CFC's destroy the Ozone layer
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Key events from
1975
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- Tiger Woods the US golfer is born
- VHS and Betamax video introduced
- First woman climbs Everest
- Paul McCartney fined for growing Marijuana
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Key events from
1976
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- Apple Computers founded by Steven Jobs
- Viking 1 probe lands on Mars
- June 29 - The highest temperature record in Ireland this century, 32.5C (90.5F) at Boora, Offaly.
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Key events from
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
- Star Wars breaks all box office records
- A crater on the planet Mercury is named after the Irish poet W.B. Yeats.
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Key events from
1978
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- 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
1979
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- The Sony Walkman is launched
- John Wayne dies
- Punk rocker Sid Vicious found dead in New York
- Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Petrol shortages due to crisis in the Middle East cause long delays in Ireland.
- September 29 - Pope John Paul II arrives in Ireland for a three day visit. 1.25 million people, just over one-quarter of the population, welcome him at a special mass in the Phoenix Park. Later in the day His Holiness speaks to 200,000 people at Drogheda, County Louth. The Pope returns to Dublin in the evening where an estimated 750,000 people witness his motorcade travel through the city.
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Key events from
1980
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- Ronald Reagan becomes US President
- 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
- The controversial Health (Family Planning) Act, 1979 comes into operation.
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Key events from
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
1982
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- Graceland, home of Elvis, opened to the public
- New full colour newspaper launched 'USA Today'
- Argentinia invades the Falklands
- Italy win footballs World Cup
- Michael Jackson releases 'Thriller' album
- Rap music reaches the mainstream pop music
- Corporal punishment is banned from schools in the Republic
- 20,000 people across the country march in protest at income tax and PRSI changes.
- Cork Airport celebrates its 21st birthday. The airport has yet to make a profit
- Patrick Hillery is installed as President of Ireland for a second term
- The Ireland rugby team wins the Triple Crown Ireland for the first time since 1949 by beating Scotland 21-12 on 21 February, having already beaten Wales and England
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Key events from
1983
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- Madonna releases first record album
- Richard Noble breaks land speed record
- 'Hitler's diaries' are exposed as a hoax
- The government confirm that the Gardaí were involved in the bugging of politicians and journalists' telephones.
- The first stretch of motorway in the Republic was opened; the 8 km Naas bypass on the N7 national primary route.
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Key events from
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
- Virgin Atlantic Airways makes its inaugral flight
- Space shuttle Discovery makes its maiden voyage
- Ghandi becomes Primi Minister of India
- The Dublin telephone system collapsed due to the network suffering overload as a result of a phone in competition on one of the illegal radio stations.
- The University of Ulster is presented with a Royal Charter by Elizabeth II
- RTÉ's first newsreader, Charles Mitchel, reads his last news bulletin.
- First broadcast of the RTE Radio morning current affairs program Morning Ireland
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Key events from
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
- Multi-venue rock concert organised by Sir Bob Geldof was held, raising money for famine relief in Ethiopia
- 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
- The first heart transplant in Ireland takes place.
- President Hillery presents Bob Geldof with a cheque for £7 million. This is the Irish contribution to the Live Aid appeal.
- The Ireland national rugby union team wins the Triple Crown and Five Nations Championship at Lansdowne Road. They beat England 13-10
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Key events from
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!
- The 1986 FIFA World Cups takes place in Mexico
- Mike Tyson wins his first world boxing title defeating Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas
- Space shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch killing all 6 on board, including one school teacher
- The Divorce Action Group launches its campaign for the forthcoming referendum.
- Two giant pandas, Ming Ming and Ping Ping, arrive at Dublin zoo.
- An anti-divorce rally takes place in Dublin.
- Dublin Airport opens for the first time on Christmas Day.
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Key events from
1987
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- Disposable contact lenses invented
- 3-D video games invented
- 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
- World population reached 5 billion people
- American singer and actress Hilary Duff is born
- The Irish National Lottery is launched.
- The National Lottery launches its first scratch cards.
- The funeral takes place in Dublin of the broadcaster Eamonn Andrews.
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Key events from
1988
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- Bros were the new kids on the block
- Digital cellular phones are invited
- Formula One, Ayrton Senna clinches his first World Championship in the Japanese Grand Prix
- 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
- Dublin City begins its millennium celebrations.
- Former Nobel Prize-winner Seán MacBride dies aged 83.
- The Irish National Lottery launches its national live draw
- Dublin celebrates its official 1,000th birthday
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Key events from1989
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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)
- 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'
- Dundalk, County Louth celebrates its 1200 year heritage.
- Belfast born Alex Higgins beats Stephen Hendry to win the British Benson and Hedges snooker championship.
- Ray McAnally, one of the country's most versatile actors, dies suddenly
- 10,000 people march from Dublin city centre to the calling for British withdrawal from Northern Ireland.
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