Meanwhile…

Decolonization and the end of the European colonial empires

1945-1975

Civil Rights Act in the United States

1964-1965

The Bijlmermeer: high-rise as utopia

circa 1968

Cuban Revolution

1959

The Great Leap Forward

1958-1961

Postwar reconstruction and economic miracle

1964

The Grocery Industry Seeks a Standard

1970

Mariner 2 reaches Venus

1962-12-14

Venera 4 lands on Venus

18 oktober 1967

Launch of Luna 1

1959-01-02

Spacewar! conquers the university campus

1962

Man on the moon

1969-07-20

Rediscovery by surrealists and modern art-historical research

20e eeuw tot 2016

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

The Anthropocene and climate change

20e-21e eeuw