Born in Japan on 13 February 1933, Yoko Ono finished her education in the USA and became a well-known figure during the 1960s in New…
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The ‘Yorkshire Ripper’ killings started in July 1975 and continued until November 1980, during which time 13 women were murdered in the north of England…
1 9 4 9 – 1 9 6 2 (USA) No fewer than six actors played the character of Johnny Dollar – the private eye…
In the 1970s, for the first time, plants made their way inside the house. Glam 70s homes had to have a Yucca or two in…
What rich 1980s white-collar workers were called in the decade when the western world revelled in unapologetic materialism. Yuppies (an acronym for “Young Urban Professionals”)…
1 9 1 4 – 1 9 8 4 Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (born 15 June 1914) was a prominent Soviet politician who held the position…
1 9 3 4 – 1 9 6 8 Yuri Gagarin literally rocketed to fame when he became the first man in space in April…
French fashion designer Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent was born in 1936 in French Algeria. At the age of 17, Saint Laurent moved to Paris and…
1982 gamers had never seen anything like Sega/Gremlin’s Zaxxon. Players had flown spaceships into strafing raids and interstellar dogfights before, but Zaxxon did it in…
“Moving across the landscape, overrunning all obstacles as inexorably as the future itself, these amazing, efficient and powerful automatons have but one purpose – to…
The Ampol Rally in 1964 was a baptism of fire for an unknown car, newly born, barely christened. It was the Zeta – the lowest…
Zig Zag Zoom – for age groups 7 to 14 – was produced by Ideal from 1970. The game came with an adjustable plastic ramp…
By themselves, the words ‘bubble blower’ didn’t inspire much awe. Ten-cent sets of rings and bubble fluid could blow bubbles. Heck, even dish soap could…
Cheri-Jo Bates walked from her campus library into the darkness towards her car. The battery was flat. A man appeared and offered to help her. He…
Let’s face it. Model toys took a long time to build. And for all the hours we sat hunched over the kitchen table, dizzy from…
“Blow ’em up and hear ’em go!” Released in 1972, these toy cars from Matchbox had a diecast base and a moulded plastic body and…
“Carmella gusto uva frizzante”. An innocent hard candy shell filled with explode-in-your-mouth Alka-seltzer type jizz in the centre. They came in long string-like packaging. They…
Designed by Rick Dickinson of Sinclair Research Ltd, the ZX Spectrum was first sold in April 1982. It had a colour display that was designed…