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Japan1988Tech launches
The world's longest undersea tunnel connected Honshu and Hokkaido, transforming Japanese transportation and regional integration.
The Seikan Tunnel is a 53.85-kilometre (33.5-mile) dual-gauge railway tunnel in Japan, with a 23.3-kilometre (14.5-mile) segment running beneath the seabed of the Tsugaru Strait, which separates Aomori Prefecture on H… - summary
United Kingdom1985Festivals
The simultaneous transatlantic concert featuring Led Zeppelin's reunion and global broadcast raised $127 million for Ethiopian famine relief.
Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fundraising initiative held on Saturday, July 13th, 1985. - summary
Soviet Union1980Sports
The Cold War boycott by 65 nations over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan demonstrated how geopolitics could fracture the Olympic movement.
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially branded as Moscow 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. - summary
Poland1980Protests
Lech Wałęsa led striking workers at the Lenin Shipyard to form Solidarity, the first independent trade union in the Soviet bloc and a catalyst for Eastern European liberation.
Solidarity, a Polish non-governmental trade union, was founded on August 14, 1980, at the Lenin Shipyards by Lech Wałęsa and others. - summary
United Kingdom1978Tech launches
Louise Brown's birth through in vitro fertilization revolutionized reproductive medicine and offered hope to millions with infertility.
The First Intifada, also known as the First Palestinian Intifada, was a sustained uprising involving violent and non-violent protests, acts of civil disobedience, riots, and terrorist attacks carried out by Palestinia… - summary
Austria1974Sports
Innsbruck's selection as host for the 1980 Winter Olympics during the height of Cold War tensions showcased sport's role as diplomatic theater.
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, and commonly known as Sarajevo '84, were a winter multi-sport event held between 8 and 19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. - summary
Chile1973Wars
Pinochet's violent overthrow of elected socialist President Allende ended democratic rule and began a 17-year dictatorship.
Allende, who was the first Marxist to be democratically elected president in a Latin American liberal democracy, faced significant social unrest and political tension with the opposition-controlled National Congress o… - summary
Vietnam1973Wars
Paris Peace Accords end direct U.S. combat role after decades of war; precedes final North Vietnamese victory in 1975.
The Paris Peace Accords, officially the Agreement on ending the war and restoring peace in Viet-Nam, was a peace agreement signed on 27 January 1973 to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. - summary
Australia1973Launches
Jørn Utzon's modernist masterpiece on Sydney Harbour became an instant global architectural icon and Australia's most recognizable symbol.
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. - summary
Canada1971Protests
Greenpeace's founding in Vancouver established the template for confrontational environmental activism and grew into the world's most visible conservation organization.
When the original Vancouver-based Greenpeace Foundation agreed in 1979 to be represented in Greenpeace International the Hawaii-based Greenpeace Foundation joined them, but a schism in 1985 over wildlife campaign goal… - summary
Soviet Union1971Tech launches
The world's largest hydroelectric dam by capacity demonstrated Soviet engineering ambition and reshaped Siberian power distribution for the Cold War industrial complex.
The Krasnoyarsk Dam is a 124-metre (407 ft) high concrete gravity dam located on the Yenisey River about 30 kilometres (19 mi) upstream from Krasnoyarsk in Divnogorsk, Russia. - summary
United Kingdom1970Festivals
The inaugural Glastonbury Festival, held on a Somerset farm, became one of the world's most iconic and enduring music festivals.
The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts held near Pilton, Somerset, England, in most summers. - summary
United States1965Protests
State troopers brutally attacked voting rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, an act of televised violence that shocked the nation and accelerated passage of the Voting Rights Act.
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches, held in 1965, along the 54-mile (87 km) highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. - summary
Japan1964Sports
Tokyo's first Asian Olympics showcased Japan's postwar recovery and introduced the bullet train and modernist Olympic innovations to global audiences.
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Tokyo 1964, were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. - summary
Soviet Union1961Tech launches
Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, crowning Soviet dominance in the early space race.
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between the Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. - summary
United States1960Elections
Kennedy's narrow victory over Nixon, aided by television's emerging power, ushered in a new generation of political leadership and media influence.
The 1960 presidential campaign of John F. - summary
Cuba1959Revolutions
Fidel Castro's guerrilla forces toppled Batista's dictatorship, installing a communist regime that would define Cold War Caribbean geopolitics for six decades.
Juana de la Caridad "Juanita" Castro Ruz was a Cuban-American activist and writer, as well as the sister of Fidel and Raúl, both former presidents of Cuba, and Ramón, a key figure of the Cuban Revolution. - summary
United States1959Awards
The inaugural Grammy Awards established the music industry's premier honors institution and standardized recognition of recorded music excellence.
The First Grammatical Treatise is a 12th-century work on the phonology of the Old Norse or Old Icelandic language. - summary
United States1959Sports
The first running of stock car racing's most prestigious event, held at the newly opened Daytona International Speedway.
The Daytona 500 is a 500-mile-long (805 km) NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. - summary
