1st working laser built by Theodore Maiman in USA
32/34 Great Darkgate St,(where Welsh Calvinistic Methodists formed in 1823), is demolished, (now Supersave)
Soviet's put 1st man into space - Yuri Gagarin
Soviet's detonate The Emperor a multistage hydrogen bomb. Even though it was scaled down to half yield for this test, at 50 megatons it remains the most powerful man made explosion.
Town Hall re-opened after rebuilding following the 1957 fire.[7]
Completion of the Physical Sciences Building on Penglias Campus (which would featured on a postage stamp from 1971. An innovative feature is the curved western face helping to heat the building by catching sun's rays at any time of day. (This innovation was made ineffective simply by placing the heating system's only thermostat in the rear part of the building which is always in the shade.)
Aberystwyth Lifeboat Centenary Celebrations
Severe winter - started 22nd of December and didn't ease up till the 3rd of March. Diesel froze in tractors.
Facade of Seilo rebuilt[7]
Serious flooding in Aberystwyth
Known as DB by the students, Davies Bryan Hall was opened on Penglais campus[17]
The first protest by the newly formed, Aberystwyth based, 'Welsh Language Society' was held on Trefechan bridge.
Rolling Stones play at the Kings Hall
Foundation stone of bronglais hospital is laid.
IBM announced the System/360: a range of computers that could all run the same software
Tourism has declined to such an extent that railway line to Carmarthen is closed.
Slaughterhouse closed
Known as AD by the students, Alban Davies Hall opened on Penglais campus[17]
Sports Hall opened on Penglais campus
College of Librarianship Wales opened in Llanbadarn Fawr
Llandinam building opened on Penglais campus
Rural science extension opened on Penglais campus
Ifor Evans Hall opened on Penglais campus[17]
New librarianship college opens
New Crown Building opens at Plas Crug
Days of rain cause a landslide of the waste tip from the coal mine. 144 are killed including 116 children in the town school.
Workhouse demolished to make room for Bronglais Hospital
Patients are moved into the new Bronglais Hospital
Botany extension opened on Penglais campus
Cwrt Mawr Hall opened on Penglais campus[17]
Aberystwyth hosts the international tiddledywinks championship - With Wales playing Finland
Floods hit Aberystwyth
Harlech (HTV) took over the franchise to produce local programs for the region from TWW (Television Wales & the West).
Prime Minister Harold Wilson visits Aberystwyth to addresses the agricultural workers conference being held at the Kings Hall
Students protest against Pantycelyn becoming a Welsh language hall, claiming it to be an example of apartheid
Referendum, whether to allow Sunday opening of pubs.
Plascrug primary school opened [7]
Prince Charles spends the summer term leaning Welsh at the University
Investiture of Charles Windsor as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle.
America put 1st men on moon - Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin
Fleetwood Mac play at the Union Ball held in the Kings Hall
Botany extension opened on Penglais campus
Great Hall completed on Penglais campus
1st part of Students Union opened on Penglais campus[17]
4004 credited as the 1st single chip microprocessor
Great Hall officially opened on Penglais campus
Welsh Agricultural College opens in Llanbadarn
During miners strike energy supplies drop to the point where industry drops to a 3 day working week and domestic supplies are cut off part of the day.
Ardwyn Grammar and Dinas Secondary Modern schools close. Penglais (English medium) and Penweddig (bilingual) Comprehensive schools open.
Led Zeppelin play at the Kings Hall
Chinese Farmers find the Terracotta Army (over 8000 life-sized clay soldiers) guarding the tomb of Emperor Qin.
Thin Lizzy play at the University
MITS Altair credited as the 1st production home computer
The cinema on Bath Street (over the years named: Imperial, Forum and Celtic) is opened in a new building, on the same site, now calling itself the Commodore
The Ceredigion Museum opens. The 1904 building was originally an entertainments arcade, becoming a cinema in 1931.
Serious flooding in Aberystwyth
Police Station at the bottom of Gt Darkgate Street demolished [18]
1st optical disks go on sale. This Laserdisk technology will be refined into CD-ROMs and DVDs