Meanwhile…

Decolonization and the end of the European colonial empires

1945-1975

Civil Rights Act in the United States

1964-1965

Cuban Revolution

1959

Population and industrial growth in Cuijk

1950s

The Great Leap Forward

1958-1961

Postwar reconstruction and economic miracle

1964

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Mariner 2 reaches Venus

1962-12-14

Venera 4 lands on Venus

18 oktober 1967

Conquering the skies: commercial aviation

rond 1958

Spacewar! conquers the university campus

1962

introduction of the Pinyin romanization system in China

1958

Rescue operation of Abu Simbel

1960-1968

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Abebe Bikila wins the marathon in Rome barefoot

1960-09-10

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw