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onto the pitch at Wembley. We think it’s all over.
5.13pm, July 30, 1966
    @KennethWolstenholme
It is now!
5.14pm, July 30, 1966
    Kenneth Wolstenholme’s commentary of England’s 1966 World Cup Final victory over Germany has become legendary.

THE SIX DAY WAR
    @Syria
Pssst – ourselves, @Egypt, @Iraq and @Jordan have got a little surprise lined-up for the Jews!
8:14am, June 5, 1967
    @TheJews
Pssst – we’ve got a little surprise lined-up ourselves…
8:15am, June 5, 1967
    In June 1967, the armies of several Arab states prepared to attack the Jewish state of Israel. Egyptian state radio vowed to ‘Wipe Israel off the map’. Israel launched a pre-emptive strike and defeated all five armies in just six days.

THE SUMMER OF LOVE
    @TheFlowerChildren
They say if you Tweeted during the summer of love then you weren’t there…
7.12pm, July 5, 1967
    During the summer of 1967 hundreds of thousands of hippies gathered in American cities including San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and across Europe. These get-togethers became melting pots of drugs, sex and creative expression.
MAN ON THE MOON
    @NeilArmstrong
Ha – me and @BuzzAldrin are chilling on the moon! One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. #wishihadmygolfclubs
02.56, July 21, 1969
    @TheSoviets
Pics or it didn’t happen…
09:32am, July 22, 1969
    American Neil Armstrong has become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 22, 1969. He was joined by his colleague Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin. The Soviet Union – and conspiracy theorists to this day – contest whether American astronauts ever achieved this feat.

ANDY WARHOL
    @AndyWarhol
In the future everybody will be world famous for 140 characters or fewer.
6.55pm, September 1, 1969
    Andy Warhol, artist, film-maker and author, predicted that in the future everybody would be famous for 15 minutes. Thanks to Twitter, he was almost right.

PUNK ROCK
    @PunkRockSkool
Learn a chord, learn another chord, learn a third chord – now go and form a band.
10.21pm, June 2, 1976
    @SteveJones
@BillGrundy You dirty fucker!
6.58pm, December 1, 1976
    @BillGrundy
@SteveJones What a clever boy!
6.58pm, December 1, 1976
    @SteveJones
@BillGrundy What a fucking rotter!
6.59pm, December 1, 1976
    @JohnnyRotten
#FF @QueenLiz2 – the fascist regime, she made you a moron…
2.01pm, March 10, 1977
    @QueenLiz2
@JohnnyRotten Takes one to know one, one has always thought…
2.01pm, March 10, 1977
    @SidVicious
Feels good to be out on bail. I’m ready to party…
4.48pm, February 1, 1979
    Punk Rock, which exploded in 1976, was spearheaded in Britain by The Sex Pistols. They shocked the nation by swearing at Bill Grundy on tea-time television, and producing their own anti-Jubilee song. Bassist Sid Vicious later died of a heroin overdose while out on bail for the murder of his former girlfriend, Nancy Spungen.

    ‘And if I do this I get far better reception.’

 ELVIS PRESLEY DIES
    @TheKing
Just popping to the bathroom. BRB.
3.30pm, August 16, 1977
    @ElvisLackey
The King is dead. (I wouldn’t go in there for a bit.)
4.21pm, August 16, 1977
    Elvis Presley died in the toilet of his mansion in Memphis on 16 August 1977. He was 42.

RUSSIANS IN AFGHANISTAN
    @Mujahideen
@TheCIA Hey, thanks for all the money and support as we fight to kick the Soviets out of Afghanistan
4.55am, August 1, 1979
    @TheCIA
@Mujahideen Don’t even mention it. You’re very welcome.
8.44am, August 1, 1979
    @Mujahideen
@TheCIA Homies forever?
8.54am, August 1, 1979
    @TheCIA
@Mujahideen We’ll get back to you on that.
8.56am, August 1, 1979
    In 1979, the CIA began to fund and support the Afghan Mujahideen rebels in their bid to get the Soviet army out of Afghanistan. One beneficiary of this funding and support was a young man called Osama Bin Laden.

JOHN LENNON MURDERED
    @JohnLennon
Imagine all the people, living in harmony…
22.59pm, December 08, 1980
    @MarkChapman
Yeah, imagine that…
23.01pm, December 08, 1980
    @JohnLennon
We’re