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2003
Cologne music broadcaster Viva has new star: Host Gülcan Karahanci
Music videos aren't the only things catching viewers' attention on Viva!
2001
Pay with KnappenKarte
No cash needed in Schalker`s new "Arena" soccer stadium: beer and snacks with club`s own currency.
1998
Nuclear power? No thanks!
Tens of thousands of anti-nuclear protestors demonstrate in Ahaus against "Day X".
1996
Clash over Garzweiler
Red-Green coalition threatens to break up over SPD support for opencaste coalmine project.
1995
1994
Special trim: spoiler chin
Kerpen-born Michael Schuhmacher is Formular 1 World Champion - and rich from TV ads.
1988
Coming to you live!
Reporters in get-away vehicle! Gladbeck hostage-taking tragedy: a turning point for jounalism.
1987
"Der Pott" is boiling
200,000 jobs threatened in steel sector! Angry "Ruhrpott" region workers block Rhine bridges.
1986
Worst case nuclear scenario
... at Soviet reactor in Chernobyl. Deadly atomic cloud drifts towards germany.
1985
Phase III smog alarm
Critically high smog levels in the Ruhr! Bans on driving and curfews for small children.
1984
Here comes The Greens
... led by women: first Green mayor(ess) in Wuppertal; all-female parliamentary leadership in Bonn!
1981
Tatort: Duisburg
Detective Schimanski (Götz George) kicks in the doors of Duisburg: cop series is huge TV success.
1978
Steelworkers on strike
Direct action for the first time in over fifty years - coal and steel in big trouble.
1977
1976
Petition against co-op schools
sinks the government`s reform plans. Parents and CDU fear falling educational standards.
1974
Contemporary dance
Pina Bausch makes her debut with a production by her very own Wuppertal Dance Theatre.
1973
1972
1971
A provocation ...
... for the TV nation? On 12 May 1971 the news is read (on ZDF) for first time by a woman presenter.
1970
Red forever more?
Heinz Kühn finally gets a direct mandate for SPD from NRW voters. Social Democratic era begins.
1969
Snapshots from the Moon
21 July: the first men on the moon steps out. The jouney beyond planet earth is covered live on TV.
1967
Coal mining in crisis
Concerted action - Economics Minister Karl Schiller intervenes in the coal industry crisis.
1965
Transcending frontiers ...
"EUREGIO" to build cross-border links between communities: same region, same problems!
1964
The one millionth Gastarbeiter
... arrives in Cologne. Lucky guest worker welcomed with a moped and a bunch of flowers.
1962
Yesterday's cinema is dead!
... is dead! Young directors launch the "New German Cinema" at Oberhausen Festival.
1958
Precious black stone
Hard coal adorns the signet ring of Bishop Hengsbach, head of the new Ruhr diocese.
1957
Victory is sweet!
BVB Dortmund do it again! Beating Hamburger SV, they retain their title - and footballing glory.
1955
A roof over your head
Many families still live in temporary shelters. Public housing scheme completes millionth home.
1954
1953
Rose, steed and Rhine
Symbols of NRW: the state`s official colours, crest and flag are legally enshrined.
1952
"De Aap" on the rampage!
Local-hero, boxer Peter Müller, sends referee Pippow crashing to the canvass.
1950
Political heavy-weights
... slug it out in NRW state election. Campaign issues: schools and industrial democracy.
1949
No more guns from the Ruhr!
Allies want to destroy arms production potential. But Germany needs coal and steel.
