The contraceptive pill is approved in the USA. Research is also being conducted to help fulfil the desire to have children: in 1978, the first "test-tube baby" was born.

The Berlin Wall was built and divided Germany for 28 years, until 1989.

John F. Kennedy is shot dead.

Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.  

The first pocket calculator ushers in the era of miniaturization. In 1971, the next milestone was reached: the Intel 4004, the first microprocessor to integrate processing power onto a single chip. 

The first successful heart transplant is performed.  

Kathrine Switzer becomes the first woman to take part in a marathon. The race manager tries to shove her off the course.  

The first Woodstock festival.

Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are the first humans to set foot on the moon. 39 years later, in 2008, the dawn of commercial spaceflight begins.