Rewind to 1973
We celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first phone call by taking a look at what else was making the rounds way back in 1973...
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Rewind to 1984
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Rewind to 2007
2007 was a bizarre year for discoveries. Astronomers spotted a potentially habitable planet called Gliese 581c, while Japanese archaeologists dug up
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Rewind to 2001
Foot and mouth broke out in the UK, while George W Bush started putting his foot in it as US president. Tourists went to space, terrorists went to New
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Rewind to 1970
A man called Michael Eavis charged 1500 punters a quid each (including free milk) to come to his new festival in 1970. The Isle of Wight got the headl
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Rewind to 1986
Pixar opened its studios in 1986, Polaroid won a fight against Kodak, and the first computer virus – Brain – began to spread. Here’s what else
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Rewind to 1994
“No, I don’t have a gun.” Kurt Cobain, it turned out in 1994, had lied about that. And he wasn’t the only celebrity to shrug off his mortal coil – Lab
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Rewind to 1993
It was a rollercoaster year in tech – Microsoft released Windows 3.1, Hubble beamed back its first decent snaps from space and Intel made the first ho
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Rewind to 1980
1980 wasn’t just about shoulder pads and hairspray – the Olympics were held in Moscow (with 64 countries boycotting it, including the US) while in Lon
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Rewind to 1997
Computers started beating humans at chess in 1997. Before long, they'll take over completely. Here's something to take your mind off it...
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