Meanwhile…

boycott games of Moscow

1980-07-19

Los Angeles 1984: the counter-boycott response

1984-07-28

Seoul 1988 unites a divided world

1988-09-17

Nicaraguan Revolution

1979

Globalization of shoe manufacturing to East Asia

1970s-1990s

the bubble economy and hyperconsumption

circa 1986-1991

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Voyager 2 passes Neptune

1989-08-25

rise of computer algebra

jaren 1970

First flight of the space shuttle Columbia

1981-04-12

Invention of the World Wide Web

1989

Pac-Man conquers the world

1980

De Kubuswoningen van Piet Blom

circa 1984

Tetris causes a worldwide puzzle fever

1986-1989

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

worldwide eradication of smallpox

1980

Bossche Broek becomes a protected nature reserve

eind 20ste eeuw