Meanwhile…

The Cultural Revolution

1966-1976

Entry into force of the convention

1975-12-17

boycott games of Moscow

1980-07-19

Nicaraguan Revolution

1979

The First Scan at Checkout

1974-06-26

Deng Xiaoping launches the Reform and Opening Up

december 1978

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

IBM's Linear Code Triumphs

1973-04-03

Invention of the Personal Computer

circa 1975-1977

First flight of the space shuttle Columbia

1981-04-12

Emergence of hip-hop dance and breakdancing

around 1973

Punk Fashion and DIY Anti-Style

mid-to-late 1970s

Pac-Man conquers the world

1980

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw

worldwide eradication of smallpox

1980

Bossche Broek becomes a protected nature reserve

eind 20ste eeuw