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Early use of the word "punk" to signify a criminal.
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The word "cybernetics" coined by Norbert Wiener
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The word "cyborg" coined by Manfred Clynes
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Never Mind the Bullocks - Here's the Sex Pistols released; punk gets notorious
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'The Artificial Kid' by Bruce Sterling published
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'Blade Runner' by Ridley Scott released.
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The short story 'Cyberpunk' by Bruce Bethke published in Amazing Science Fiction Stories; this is, allegedly, the first use of the term 'cyberpunk' anywhere.
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'The Terminator' by James Cameron released.
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'Burning Chrome' by William Gibson published.
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'Robocop' by Paul Verhoeven released.
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A Cyberpunk Manifesto published by Christian As. Kirtchev.
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'The Fifth Element' by Luc Besson released.
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Blade Runner computer game released.
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'The Island' by Michael Bay released.
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'Inception' by Christopher Nolan released.