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| 1960 |
| | | EFTA (European Free Trade Association) brings together the European nations outside the EEC | |
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| 1962 |
| | | Sam Walton opens the first Wal-Mart Discount store, in Rogers, Arkansas | |
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| 1968 |
| | | The United Nations, with the approval of Britain as the colonial power, imposes economic sanctions on Rhodesia | |
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| 1973 |
| | | British economist Ernst Friedrich Schumacher publishes an influential economic tract, Small is Beautiful | |
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| 1973 |
| | | Arab oil-exporting countries cause an economic crisis by denying oil to western countries supporting Israel | |
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| 1975 |
| | | School friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen found a software firm, calling it Microsoft | |
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| 1976 |
| | | Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs design and market a personal computer, calling it the Apple | |
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| 1978 |
| | | There are so many strikes in Britain this winter that it becomes known as the 'winter of discontent' | |
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| 1980 |
| | | The small firm of Microsoft wins the contract to provide the operating system of the IBM personal computer | |
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| 1981 |
| | | Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan share a common economic viewpoint, following the policy known as monetarism | |
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