Meanwhile…

Founding of the International Olympic Committee

1894-06-23

Letter to President Roosevelt

1939-08-02

The Cultural Revolution

1966-1976

The Spanish-American War

1898

Two world wars and the atomic age

1914-1945

Het Nieuwe Bouwen and the reconstruction after the bombing of Rotterdam

1940-1953

Suppression of Māori Culture Under Colonial Assimilation Policies

1840–1900

Philanthropic building societies construct the first model homes

jaren 1890

Henry Ford introduces the eight-hour workday at Ford Motor Company

1914

The Great Leap Forward

1958-1961

Fibonacci numbers in natural science

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Hubble discovers that the universe is larger than the Milky Way

1923-1925

Initial Archaeological Survey Misses the Site's Significance

1963

sewage systems spread to cities worldwide

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The German Autobahn: roads for the modern car

rond 1934

Tennis for Two: a game on an oscilloscope

1958-10-18

Salsa, tango and jive emerge from the Americas

from the late 19th century (tango) to the 1970s (salsa)

introduction of the Pinyin romanization system in China

1958

Move to Italy and secondary school in Aarau

1895

Emigration to the United States

1933

Abebe Bikila wins the marathon in Rome barefoot

1960-09-10

the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa

augustus 1883

The Anthropocene and climate change

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