Primo Basso Neometàlliko

1. 1961–1966

11. 1961–1963

• November 1961 First issue of The Fantastic Four. First major editorial success of Stan Lee.
• 7 February 1962 United States embargo against Cuba.
• 1962 Jean Dubuffet’s L’Hourloupe.
• 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO.
• 16 October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
• 20 October 1962 Sino-Indian War.
• 1 November 1962 First issue of Diabolik. First Italian Fumetto nero.
• 26 January 1963 White Revolution.

12. 1963–1964

• 5 March 1963 “Learn from Lei Feng” campaign.
• March 1963 First issue of The Amazing Spider-Man.
• 2 August 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident.

13. 1964–1966

• 24 August 1964 First issue of Kriminal. Popularity of the Italian Fumetti neri.
• 15 September 1964 Italian anti-metayage law.
• 19 June 1965 1965 Algerian coup d’état.
• 14 November 1965 Battle of Ia Drang. First major battle between the United States and North Vietnam.

2. 1966–1977

21. 1966–1968

• 11 March 1966 French withdrawal from the NATO Military Command Structure.
• 1 April 1966 First World Festival of Black Arts.
• 7 May 1966 May Seventh Cadre School.
• 16 May 1966 Cultural Revolution.
• 16 July 1966 Mao Zedong swims across the Yangtze.
• 19 September 1966 Foundation of the League for Spiritual Discovery.
• 3 November 1966 Unveiling of the Fiat 124 Sport Spider.
• 8 November 1966 End of the military rule on Israeli arabs.
• 1967 Flexible Response.
• 5 January 1967 Shanghai People’s Commune.
• 21 April 1967 Coup d’état of 21 April.
• 5 June 1967 Six-Day War.
• 1967 Ringo. Italian sandwich cookie.
• 1967 Unveiling of the Piaggio Ciao. Economical Italian moped.
• 1967 Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Venus of the Rags. Arte povera.

22. 1968–1972

• 2 May 1968 May 68.
• 25 May 1968 “Cleansing the Class Ranks” campagin.
• 1 July 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
• 22 December 1968 “Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside” campaign.
• 24 December 1968 Lunar orbit of the Apollo 8. First crewed spacecraft to orbit around the Moon.
• 20 July 1969 Moon landing of the Apollo 11. First crewed spacecraft to land on the Moon.
• 25 July 1969 Nixon Doctrine.
• 7 June 1970 Rejection of the Popular initiative against foreign infiltration.
• 6 September 1970 Black September.
• 25 November 1970 Mishima incident.
• 8 February 1971 Launch of Nasdaq.
• 21 February 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
• 26 March 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
• 15 August 1971 Nixon shock.
• 13 September 1971 Lin Biao incident.
• 18 December 1971 Smithsonian Agreement.

23. 1972–1977

• 21 February 1972 Visit by Richard Nixon to China.
• 2 March 1972 The Limits to Growth.
• 27 January 1973 Paris Peace Accords.
• June 1973 The Night Gwen Stacy Died.
• 6 October 1973 Yom Kippur War.
• October 1973 Oil crisis.
• 1 December 1973 Launch of the grappa Monovitigno Nonino. The first gourmet grappa.
• March 1974 Unveiling of the Lamborghini Countach.
• 20 July 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
• 13 April 1975 Lebanese Civil War.
• 30 July 1975 Helsinki Accords.
• 10 November 1975 Treaty of Osimo.
• 21 January 1976 Launch of the Concorde.
• 6 October 1976 Fall of the Gang of Four.

3. 1977–1985

• Slasher horror.

31. 1977–1979

• 11 March 1977 Assassination of Francesco Lorusso.
• 17 May 1977 Menachem Begin wins the Israeli legislative election. First victory of the Israeli right wing.
• 12 August 1977 11th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
• 7 January 1978 Iranian Revolution.
• 17 September 1978 Camp David Accords.
• November 1978 Winter of Discontent.
• 18 February 1979 1979 Daytona 500.
• 26 March 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty.

32. 1979–1982

• 17 July 1979 Fall of the Somoza dictatorship.
• 13 September 1979 Unveiling of the Lancia Delta.
• 4 November 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
• 24 December 1979 Afghan–Soviet War.
• 1979 Dakar Rally.
• 5 March 1980 Unveiling of the Fiat Panda (1980).
• 22 September 1980 Iraqi invasion of Iran.
• 23 April 1982 Yamit evacuation. Clash between Israeli settlers and soldiers.
• 17 June 1982 Death of Roberto Calvi.
• 13 September 1982 Rognoni-La Torre law.
• 16 September 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre.
• 9 December 1982 Launch of the Mercedes-Benz W201 (190). First compact executive car from Mercedes-Benz.

33. 1982–1985

• 14 February 1983 Dismissal of Ariel Sharon as Minister of Defence.
• 24 February 1983 Launch of the Peugeot 205.
• 1 March 1983 Launch of the Swatch.
• 8 August 1983 Comiso protests.
• 1 June 1984 Operation Blue Star.
• 1984 Invention of the Aroma Wheel by Ann C. Noble.
• 31 October 1984 Assassination of Indira Gandhi.

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