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European leaders sign a treaty founding the European Union in February. French voters approve it by a narrow margin in September. In June the Earth Summit in Rio puts the environment on the world agenda. In December the first text message is sent on a British mobile network.
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The promise was made in 1976, in hard times: King Juan Carlos announced that Spain would hold a world's fair for 500 years since the discovery of America. Seville hosted it from 20 April to 12 October 1992 on La Cartuja island, and gained motorways and a high-speed line to Madrid.
Photo: Sitomon (CC BY-SA 2.0)
General Motors
Images of the Gulf War made it famous: the H1 is the civilian version of the Humvee, the US Army vehicle that replaced the legendary Jeep. Built by AM General, it was sold to buyers after the ultimate off-roader, or simply after something out of the ordinary.
Photo: Original: order_242 Derivative work: StomboyCarGeek (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Sony
To record, its laser turns up the power and heats the disc to its Curie point. Sony launched the format in 1992 and it became a real hit in Japan. In the West it stayed a niche: too costly, then overtaken by MP3 players and flash recorders.
Photo: Ramon Vasconcellos (CC BY 2.5)
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