Lacayo, Richard,

80 Days That Changed the World. Richard Lacayo and others. - Time, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 6, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: 80 Days That Changed the World, March 30, 2003; pp. A3+.

"There are many ways to shape time into meaningful compartments. Photographers talk about the decisive moment. Pop culture tends to think in decades--The Roaring Twenties, the Swinging Sixties. Some historians are satisfied by nothing less than what French thinkers call the longue duree, the centuries-long unfolding of social and even geological change." (TIME) This article chronicles 80 historic dates that changed the world ranging from the 1920s to 2002.

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Time (Periodical)


Discoveries in science
Entertainment industry
Mass media and war
Popular culture
Twentieth century--History
World history
World politics

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