Meanwhile…

Return to democracy in Argentina

1983

Protests and the Tiananmen Square massacre

4 juni 1989

Fall of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War

1991

Globalization of shoe manufacturing to East Asia

1970s-1990s

the bubble economy and hyperconsumption

circa 1986-1991

India's economic liberalization

1991-1992

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Voyager 2 passes Neptune

1989-08-25

Fibonacci heap revolutionises computer science

1984

Invention of the World Wide Web

1989

Power Dressing and the Rise of the Designer Label

1980s

Tetris causes a worldwide puzzle fever

1986-1989

Street Fighter II revolutionizes the fighting game genre

1991-02-06

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Bossche Broek becomes a protected nature reserve

eind 20ste eeuw

The eruption of Pinatubo

juni 1991