Meanwhile…

Construction of post-war high-rises and apartment districts

ca. 1945-1970

Decolonization and the end of the European colonial empires

1945-1975

Municipal expansion and modernization of Cuijk

1960s-1970s

Het Nieuwe Bouwen and the reconstruction after the bombing of Rotterdam

1940-1953

Cuban Revolution

1959

The Hague Convention as a forerunner

1954-05-14

Population and industrial growth in Cuijk

1950s

The Great Leap Forward

1958-1961

Just-In-Time Manufacturing and Global Supply Chains

around 1975

Development of the Salk polio vaccine

1955

Mariner 2 reaches Venus

1962-12-14

Introduction of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL 'Gullwing'

1954-02-06

Conquering the skies: commercial aviation

rond 1958

Spacewar! conquers the university campus

1962

1956 Melbourne Olympics

1956-11-22

Structuralism and the Amsterdam Orphanage

circa 1960

Rescue operation of Abu Simbel

1960-1968

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Death in Princeton

1955-04-18

Abebe Bikila wins the marathon in Rome barefoot

1960-09-10

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw