Niemeyer designs Brasilia
1960 · Work
Modernist purpose-built capital opens in the Brazilian interior.
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- Haitian Revolution begins (1791)
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- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Korean War (1950)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1970s (1970)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Hey Jude (The Beatles) (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)