Meanwhile…

Construction of post-war high-rises and apartment districts

ca. 1945-1970

Decolonization and the end of the European colonial empires

1945-1975

Het Nieuwe Bouwen and the reconstruction after the bombing of Rotterdam

1940-1953

The Hague Convention as a forerunner

1954-05-14

Population and industrial growth in Cuijk

1950s

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

An Idea Drawn in the Sand

1948

Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded

1956-12-10

Toyota launches the Toyopet: Japan's answer to the automobile

1947

The Comet opens the era of commercial jet flight

1952-05-02

the container transforms world transport

1956-04-26

The All Blacks Adopt 'Ka Mate' as Pre-Match Ritual

early 20th century onward

Cowboy line dance emerges in American West

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

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Death in Princeton

1955-04-18

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw