Meanwhile…

The Cultural Revolution

1966-1976

Fall of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War

1991

Evo Morales becomes first indigenous president of Bolivia

2006

Nicaraguan Revolution

1979

Zapatista uprising in Chiapas

1994

The Grocery Industry Seeks a Standard

1970

Globalization of shoe manufacturing to East Asia

1970s-1990s

Rise of Global Fast Fashion

1990s to present

Initial Archaeological Survey Misses the Site's Significance

1963

The Hubble Space Telescope opens a window beyond the atmosphere

1990

The Higgs Boson Discovery

July 2012

IBM's Linear Code Triumphs

1973-04-03

The digital revolution and the internet age

circa 1990

China opens first high-speed line for mass transit

2008-08-01

Cowboy line dance emerges in American West

mid-20th century, with roots earlier and a boom around 1990

Rem Koolhaas and the international breakthrough of OMA

circa 1989

Beijing hosts the Olympic Games

8 augustus 2008

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Bossche Broek becomes a protected nature reserve

eind 20ste eeuw

Earthquake in Haiti

12 januari 2010