Meanwhile…

establishment of Nunavut in Canada

1 april 1999

China rises as an Olympic superpower

2008-08-08

Restoration of diplomatic ties between the US and Cuba

17 december 2014

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

24 maart – 10 juni 1999

Rise of Global Fast Fashion

1990s to present

Launch of the Belt and Road Initiative

2013

Galileo arrives at Jupiter

1995-12-07

The Higgs Boson Discovery

July 2012

AlphaGo defeats Lee Sedol

2016-03-15

Humanity as a factor in an ice age that does not end

heden, 21e eeuw

not claimed yet

The iPhone ushers in the era of mobile gaming

2008-07-10

Schoonschip and the rise of floating and biobased building

circa 2019

Counter-Strike conquers the LAN cafés

1999

Beijing hosts the Olympic Games

8 augustus 2008

Fortnite Battle Royale becomes a global sensation

2017-09-26

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Global mass coral bleaching events intensify

1998-2017

collapse and tsunami of Anak Krakatau

22 december 2018