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

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

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Development of the Salk polio vaccine

1955

The Bullseye Patent Filed

1952-10-07

Introduction of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL 'Gullwing'

1954-02-06

Conquering the skies: commercial aviation

rond 1958

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

early 20th century onward

introduction of the Pinyin romanization system in China

1958

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