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1960 and Melbourne
Shute died in Melbourne in 1960 after a stroke.
In the 1950s, rival club Melbourne enjoyed an era of unprecedented success, winning five premierships in six years ( the last coming in 1960, and having been runner up in 1954 ).
Venues outside the USA included the Regent Plaza cinema in Melbourne, Australia, which was adapted for Cinerama in 1960 to show This is Cinerama and Seven Wonders of the World.
" World conflicts made it impossible to hold to a strict five-year plan, but BWA has held 20 Congresses: London, 1905 ; Philadelphia, 1911 ; Stockholm, 1923 ; Toronto, 1928 ; Berlin, 1934 ; Atlanta, 1939 ; Copenhagen, 1947 ; Cleveland, 1950 ; London, 1955 ; Rio de Janeiro, 1960 ; Miami Beach, 1965 ; Tokyo, 1970 ; Stockholm, 1975 ; Toronto, 1980 ; Los Angeles, 1985 ; Seoul, 1990 ; Buenos Aires, 1995 ; Melbourne, 2000 ; Birmingham, England, 2005 ; and Honolulu, 2010.
Hartnett's luck changed in 1960, when he saw a new Japanese car-the Datsun Bluebird-on display at the Melbourne Motor Show.
The ' City of Melbourne Underground Railway Construction Act ' was passed in 1960, and test bores were sunk by the Mines Department in 1961, but no funding was provided.
Following World War II, it became the first Australian tertiary education provider to be awarded royal patronage ( by Elizabeth II in 1954-for its services to the war efforts ), and officially changed its name to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1960.
It then officially changed its name to the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1960.
He initially studied mechanical engineering at the University of Melbourne from 1960.
The last Angel died in 1960 in Siegen, Germany ; the last Priest in 1971 in London, England ; the last Deacon in 1972 in Melbourne, Australia.
By the late 1960s, it was officially a suburban area of Melbourne and central Dandenong was transformed by modern buildings, with the redevelopment of the post office to a two storey modern building in 1960 followed by a three storey office development for AMP in 1966 and Dandenong Railway Station in 1975 .< ref name = vicrail6283 >
The Melbourne to Whittlesea railway ( 1889 – 1960 ) had a station at Epping and the main areas to benefit were the transport of milk and quarry products.
Davis won Olympic titles in the 400 meter hurdles at both the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 and the Rome Olympics in 1960.
The level crossing at Melbourne Road was replaced with the current overbridge in October 1960, and in 1966 the freight line behind platform 1 was provided.
By 1960, the Packer family's Consolidated Press group controlled Channels 9 in Melbourne and Sydney ( the flagship stations that formed the basis of the Nine Network ), Melbourne's Herald and Weekly Times group owned HSV-7, and the Fairfax newspaper group controlled ATN-7 in Sydney.
By the turn of the decade, the takeup of television had increased dramatically – by 1960 up to 70 % of homes in Sydney and Melbourne had a television set.
Opened in October 1960 at a cost of £ 6 million, ( The Post Office on 3 October 1960 ) Chadstone Shopping Centre was the first self-contained regional shopping centre in Melbourne, and the largest built in Australia to that time.
He was the Lockie Fellow at the University of Melbourne from 1958 to 1960 and, in 1967, he held a personal Chair in Poetry.
He represented Australia in four Olympic Games, 1948 London ( Star class ), 1952 Helsinki ( Dragon class ), 1956 Melbourne ( Bronze Medal, 5. 5 Metre Class ), and 1960 Rome ( 5. 5 Metre class ).
At the age of 26, he left his job in Sydney and moved to Melbourne to work with Macfarlane Burnet in Medical Science at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and gained his PhD degree in 1960.
After finishing fifth in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, she won two Olympic gold medals at Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964.
* 1960 ' William Dobell ', Museum of Modern Art of Australia, Melbourne, 17 May – 10 June
The subsequent highlights of his career were an Olympic gold medal in 1956 ( Melbourne ) and world championships in 1959 ( Tehran ) another silver in the 1960 Rome Olympics and 1961 World Championships ( Yokohama ).. His Olympics career finished with one Gold & two silver medal.

1960 and consumer
As I have indicated above, I base this feeling on a belief that current weakness in the market for consumer durable goods may continue through the early months of the year, but will give way to a sufficiently strong recovery later on to bring the full-year figures close to those of 1960 ; ;
* Cuba ( by US ), arms, consumer goods, money, enacted 1960
The term " consumerism " was first used in 1915 to refer to " advocacy of the rights and interests of consumers " ( Oxford English Dictionary ) but in this article the term " consumerism " refers to the sense first used in 1960, " emphasis on or preoccupation with the acquisition of consumer goods " ( Oxford English Dictionary ).
More than 21 million housing units were constructed between 1946 and 1960, and in the latter year 52 % of consumer units in the metropolitan areas owned their own homes.
Car ownership also soared, with 72 % of consumer units owning an automobile by 1960.
Consumers Union has helped start several consumer groups and publications, in 1960 helping create global consumer group Consumers International and in 1974 providing financial assistance to Consumers ' Checkbook which is considered akin to Consumer Reports for local services in the seven metropolitan areas they serve.
* 1960 sells consumer and industrial adhesives business and the Danish 3M agency to Lars Foss,
Medicines on the PBS list were free to the consumer until 1960, when nominal user charges were introduced.
It also began expanding its international network at an early stage, and in 1960 GfK SE co-founded the Europanel, which, together with British partner Taylor Nelson Sofres ( TNS ), conducts continuous studies of consumer purchasing patterns in 26 European countries.
The organisation was first established in 1960 as the International Organisation of Consumers Unions ( IOCU ) by national consumer organisations.
International Latex was purchased by Stanley Warner, the former theater holdings of Warner Bros., in 1954. International Playtex was formed as a consumer products subsidiary in 1960 ; and Alph Peterson was named its head.

1960 and electronics
Reflecting the largest percentage of high-end sets such as consoles and combinations since 1953, dollar value of home entertainment electronics in 1960 was about $1.9 billion, compared to $1.7 billion in 1959.
I therefore believe it is realistic to assume a modest drop in the total value of home entertainment electronics to about $1.8 million, slightly below 1960, but above 1959.
1960 witnessed another substantial increase in our industry's shipments of military electronics, which totalled about $5.4 billion compared to $4.9 billion in 1959.
It has existed in different forms since 1960, making it relatively old among still-operating manufacturers of musical electronics.
In 1960, the electronics industry in Taiwan was virtually nonexistent.
In November, 1960, the other half of the equation was revealed by the Bell System Technical Journal: another article titled " Signaling Systems for Control of Telephone Switching " was published containing the frequencies used for the digits that were used for the actual routing codes With these two items of information, the phone system was at the disposal of anyone with a cursory knowledge of electronics.
However, the subfields of quantum mechanics dealing with matter-light interaction were principally regarded as research into matter rather than into light ; hence one rather spoke of atom physics and quantum electronics in 1960.
In October 1960, the first acquisition was made by purchasing the majority of stock in Amelco, a small electronics manufacturing plant.
In addition to Amelco, two other electronics manufacturing firms were acquired, and by the end of 1960, Teledyne had about 400 employees and 80, 000 square feet ( 7, 400 m2 ) of floor space devoted to engineering development and manufacturing.
Between 1950 and 1960, the Electronics Lab became a major center of excellence in the field of transistors, and through an outreach program, the Electronic Component Research and Development Committee, were able to pass on their knowledge to visiting engineers from major Canadian electronics firms who were entering the transistor field.
It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U. S. Navy air photos, between 1960 and 1964, and named by US-ACAN for Michael W. Langevad, electronics technician at Hallett Station, 1957.

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