Meanwhile…

Return of Hong Kong to China

1 juli 1997

Evo Morales becomes first indigenous president of Bolivia

2006

Restoration of diplomatic ties between the US and Cuba

17 december 2014

Zapatista uprising in Chiapas

1994

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

24 maart – 10 juni 1999

Rise of Global Fast Fashion

1990s to present

Abenomics en poging tot economisch herstel

2012-2020

Galileo arrives at Jupiter

1995-12-07

Human Genome Project Completed

2003

The Higgs Boson Discovery

July 2012

first habitable space stations

1998

The rise of smartphones and social media

circa 2007

Electric cars conquer the mass market

2017-07-28

The rise of the modern craft beer movement

vanaf 1970

Athens 2004: the Games return to their origin

2004-08-13

first Olympic Games in South America

2016-08-05

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

The destruction of Plymouth by the Soufrière Hills

1995-1997

Global mass coral bleaching events intensify

1998-2017

collapse and tsunami of Anak Krakatau

22 december 2018