Singapore becomes the only country ever to gain independence unwillingly as it is expelled from Malaysia.

Betty Boop makes her debut in Dizzy Dishes.

Singapore is expelled from Malaysia.

British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius.

Betty Boop made her first cartoon appearance.

Operation Demetrius is launched by The British security forces in Northern Ireland. In the violence that follows, hundreds of people are arrested and interned and…