The Korean War Begins

Colour TV is introduced

Seatbelts are invented

Sir Edmund Hillary becomes the first person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest

Roger Bannister becomes the first person to break the four minute mile

The McDonalds Corporation is formed

The Television remote is invented

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is published

The first Lego blocks are introduced

Fidel Castro becomes the dictator of Cuba

The First Televised Presidential Debates go to air

The Berlin Wall is constructed

Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her home in Los Angeles, aged 36

US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, aged 46

Hasbro Launches the G.I. Joe Action Figure

Malcolm X is assassinated in Manhattan, aged 39

The Star Trek series begins on TV

The Six Day War Begins... And Ends

Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy are assassinated

Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon

The floppy disk is invented

The VCR is invented

The first slimline calculator is released for a start price of US$150

Abortion is legalised in the US

The Terracotta Army is discovered in Xi'an, China

Microsoft Corporation is founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen

North and South Vietnam merge to become Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Elvis Presley is found dead on his bathroom floor, aged 42

The first test-tube baby is born

Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the UK

John Lennon is shot dead outside his New York Apartment, aged 40

Donkey Kong - the first Mario game - is released

Michael Jackson's Thriller album is released

Ronald Reagan announces a Defense Plan called Star Wars

Indira Gandhi is assassinated

The Wreck of the Titanic is found

The Challenger Space Shuttle explodes shortly after its launch, killing all on board

A rapist in Florida, USA, becomes the first person to be convicted through the use of DNA evidence.

Pan Am Flight 103 is bombed over Scotland, killing 270 people

The Berlin Wall comes down

Nelson Mandela is released from prison

The Soviet Union collapses

The Cold War officially ends

Terrorists use a van to bomb the World Trade Center in New York, killing six

The Channel Tunnel, connecting England and France by rail, opens

The Oklahoma City Bombing occurs, killing 168

The element Copernicium is discovered

Princess Diana is killed in a car crash

France beats Brazil 3-0 in the FIFA World Cup Final

The Euro currency is established