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The 1960's

1960 - Wednesday, June 15

Royal Commission into marketing at Victoria Market appointed.

1960 - Friday, December 9

Royal Commission into marketing at Victoria Market presented its final report to Parliament.

1961 - Saturday, February 11

A record daily attendence of 90,800 was set at the MCG for the second day of the Australia v West Indies Test.

1961 - Thursday, June 1

Dissolution of 41st Victorian Parliament.

1961 - Friday, July 7

Melbourne's King Street Bridge collapses.

1961 - Saturday, July 15

A general election was held in Victoria.

1961 - Tuesday, August 1

Opening of 42nd Victorian Parliament.

1962 - Tuesday, August 28

Royal Commission into the failure at Kings Bridge appointed.

1962 - Monday, September 3

Visit by King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand and Her Majesty Queen Mon Luang Bua Kitiyakara of Thailand following by a State Reception.

1962 - Monday, November 5

Victorian Cabinet commutes death sentence of Robert Tait; this follows four postponements of execution.

1963 - Tuesday, May 7

General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.retired as Governor of Victoria

1963 - Wednesday, May 8

Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., K.B.E., C.B., D.S.O. was sworn in as Governor of Victoria

1963 - Monday, June 3

Royal Commission into the failure at Kings Bridge presented its final report to Parliament.

1963 - Tuesday, October 15

Royal Commission into the sale, supply, disposal or consumption of liquor in the State of Victoria established.

1964 - Monday, February 10

Royal Australian Navy destroyer Voyager sinks after collision with HMAS Melbourne off Jervis Bay; more than 80 die

1964 - Thursday, March 19

Former Victorian Premier Ian MacFarlan died.

1964 - Monday, May 11

Dissolution of 42nd Victorian Parliament.

1964 - Saturday, June 27

A general election was held in Victoria.

1964 - Tuesday, July 14

Opening of 43rd Victorian Parliament.

1964 - Wednesday, August 12

Former Victorian Premier Edmond John Hogan died.

1964 - Tuesday, December 22

The Victorian Government passes Australia's first Consumer Protection Act, and establishes a Consumer Protection Council.

1965 - Thursday, February 25

Royal Commission into the sale, supply, disposal or consumption of liquor in the State of Victoria presented its final report to Parliament.

1965 - Thursday, March 25

Visit by Their Royal Highnesses, Henry, The Duke of Gloucester and Alice, Duchess of Gloucester following by a State Reception.

1965 - Thursday, April 15

Royal Commission into the sale, supply, disposal or consumption of liquor in the State of Victoria presented its final report to Parliament.

1965 - Saturday, July 31

The Governor of Victoria, Sir Rohan Delacombe, with Lady Delacombe, opened the Puffing Billy line section from Belgrave and Menzies Creek to Emerald in the Dandenongs.

1965 - Tuesday, September 14

The Hon. Sir Ronald William Mack became Victoria's 11th President of the Legislative Council.

1966 - Thursday, January 20

Sir Robert Menzies retired as Prime Minister after 16 years in office and was replaced by his Deputy, Harold Holt.

1966 - Wednesday, April 13

The Library Council of Victoria, established by an Act of Parliament in 1965, began operations with three divisions -- the State Library of Victoria, the Public Library Services and the Public Records Office.

1967 - Friday, February 3

Ronald Ryan became the last man to be hanged in Australia, when he was hanged at Pentridge Prison, Melbourne, for the shooting of a prison warder George Hodson, when making his escape in December 1965.

1967 - Monday, March 20

Dissolution of 43rd Victorian Parliament.

1967 - Saturday, April 29

A general election was held in Victoria.

1967 - Tuesday, May 16

Opening of 44th Victorian Parliament.

The Hon. Sir Vernon Howard Colville Christie became Victoria's 25th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

1967 - Friday, September 29

Official visit to the Victorian Parliament by Guiseppe Saragat, President of the Republic of Italy.

1967 - Friday, October 13

Official visit to the Victorian Parliament by Eisaku Nato, Prime Minister of Japan.

1967 - Sunday, December 17

Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears while swimming at Portsea, Victoria.

1968 - Tuesday, February 20

The Hon. Sir Raymond William Garrett became Victoria's 12th President of the Legislative Council.

1968 - Thursday, May 16

Official visit to Victorian Parliament of the Emperor of Ethiopia, His Imperial Majesty, Haile Salassie I.

1968 - Friday, May 24

Official visit to Victorian Parliament by Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India.

1968 - Sunday, December 1

The re-enactment of the law relating to Parliamentary salaries and superannuation operative 1 December 1968

1968 - Wednesday, December 4

The first re-enactment with amendments of the law relating to Parliamentary Committees operative 4 December 1968

1969 - Thursday, May 1

Sun News Pictorial journalist Douglas Wilkie and editor Henry Gordon are summoned before the bar of the Legislative Council and accused of breaching parliamentary privelege. Wilkie wrote a story about a proposed restaurant in the Botanical Gardens which insulted the integrity of a witness who was appearing before a parliamentary Select Committee.

1969 - Tuesday, June 3

HMAS Melbourne collides with the US destroyer Frank E Evans in the South China Sea, resulting in the deaths of 74 Americans.