1960;s around the worl and in New Zealand

WHAT WAS HAPPENING
AROUND THE WORLD
In 1961 the Berlin Wall was constructed. Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. The Cuban Missile Crisis was in 1962. In 1963 Marin Luther King gave his famous speech. Also o 1963 President Kennedy was assassinated. In 1965 The US sent combat troops to Vietnam followed by a reluctant New Zealand. In 1967 the Floppy disk was invented. Early in the 60’s ATM’S, Touch-tone phones and instamatic cameras were introduced while Cordless phones and magnetic-stripe credit cards came in...