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Stephen Conroy born
Stephen Conroy born in Helensburgh, Scotland. -
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Contemporary Realism
An art movent that focuses on depicting their subjects accurately
painting by Kate Lehman -
Hyper Realism and Photo realism
an art movement where the artist strove to create paintings that resemble photographs
painting by Denis Peterson -
Mini computer
mini-computer is released -
Like A Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan "Like a Rolling Stone" -
Hydro electric scheme
Ben Cruachan's hydro- electric scheme opens -
Apollo
Apollo fire kills 3 -
hurricane hits scotland
Hurricane strikes stranclyde, scotland leaving 2,000 homeless and 20 dead. -
devolved scotish party
the consertive party adopt a policy to pomote a devolved scotish party. -
Moon landing
US astronauts land on the moon for the first time. -
Conceptual art
an art movement that strove to displacy a concept to a veiwer and reject the importance of the creator
sculpture by Anish Kapoor -
Minimalism
an art movement that wanted its veiwers to experiance art without the distractions of composition, theme and other elements of traditional works -
Rockall Joins Scotland
The Island of Rockall becomes part of Scotland. -
cease fire
veitnam cease fire signed -
Pop art
an art movement that used everyday objects to portray popular culture -
Star Wars
Star Wars -
punk rock
punk rock music -
Neo-Expressionism
an art movement that started in reaction to Conceptualism and Minimalism
art by Jean Michel Basquait -
Magnium P.I.
Magnum, P.I. debuted, Hawaiian shirts sales soared, as did the numbers of men, of all walks of life, sporting mustaches), complemented with sport coats, often with top-stitched lapels for a "custom-tailored" look. -
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan inaugurated as 40th President of the U.S -
Mtv
Mtv airs for the first time. -
Poland
Martial law imposed in Poland -
Glasgow School of Art
Stephen Conroy enrols at the Glasgow School of Art. -
Artificial heart
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PC
the first personal computer is released -
rap
rap music -
Challenger
Space shuttle Challenger explosion destroys the spacecraft; Seven crew members died -
Post- Graduate work complete
Stephen Conroy completes his post-graduate work at the Glasgow School of Art. -
Piper Alpha Explodes
The oil rig, Piper Alpha, explodes killing 166 -
Soviet Armenia
Severe earthquake hits Soviet Armenia; death toll more than 100,000 -
Pan Am flight crashes
Pan Am flight 103 distroyed killing 270 over Lockerbi, Scotland -
Motorola Micidtac 9800x
First truely portable phone -
Kuwait
Iraq invades Kuwait -
Motorola International 3200
first digital hand- size mobile phone -
Shindler's list
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Bellsouth/ IBM simon personal communicator
first cell phone wtih PDA/Phone combo -
Dolly
Dolly the sheep is the first clone. -
Nokia 9000 comunicator
first smart phone series -
Silicon Glen
Silicon Glen produces 35% of the worlds computers and 12% of the worlds simi-conductors. -
Stone of Destiny
The stone of Destiny is returned to Edinbourgh, Scotland -
Hong Kong
China regained sovereignty over Hong Kong -
Wins Award
Stephen Conroy wins "The Grand Prize of H.R.H. Prince Rainier III", Prince Pierre of Monaco Foundation, Monte Carlo. -
Exxon Mobil
Exxon and Mobil confirmed their plans to merge, creating the world’s largest oil producer -
Scottish parlement
the Scottish Parlement opens for the first time -
Benefon Esc!
First insrence of GPS integrated into mobile phone -
September 11th
Terror attack on the twin towers in NYC, USA -
Blackberry 7210
blackberry's first color phone -
Iraq
Iraq holds first free election in half a century -
iphone
multitouch sensor -
world economy
Federal Reserve injects $40B into the money supply and coordinates such efforts with central banks from Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland and European Union -
stock market
Global stock market plunges -
Barack Obama
Barack Obama inaugurated as the 44th President of the U.S. -
Ash cloud
Ash clouds from as Icelandic volcano shut down airports across Europe -
Osama bin Laden
Osama bin Laden killed by U.S. military forces -
video game
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Scottish Independence
Referendum for Scottish independence is proposed -
Post-modernism
an art movement that aimed to eradicate the division between art, popular culture, and the media
