Japan becomes a member of the UN

Fidel Castro and his followers land on Cuba in the boat Granma

Dwight Eisenhower is reelected as President of the United States

Morocco declares its independence from France

Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic

Suez Crisis begins

Television is introduced into Australia

Melbourne hosts the Summer Olympics

100 years since 'Van Diemen's Land' becomes 'Tasmania'

Department of Political Science at the University of Tasmania is established

                       2006
                                                                              ... 50 years on