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1988 Irmgard
Seefried, star of
the Vienna Opera
House, dies
1986 The
controversial Kurt 1989 Death of Empress Zita, the last Habsburg to have ruled Austria
Waldheim elected
president; Franz
Vranitzky elected
Chancellor
1979 East-West
summit held
between Leonid 1983 2010 Red Vienna loses
Brezhnev and Pope absolute majority –
Jimmy Carter John coalition with Green Party
Paul
1978 U-Bahn visits
system opened 2015 Vienna
Vienna 1992 Fire in the Hofburg Palace
1970–83 Socialist celebrates 150
Bruno Kreisky is years of the
Chancellor 2008 Football European Cup Ringstrasse
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
2006 Mozart Year 2015 Eurovision
commemorated; 250 Song Contest is
years since Mozart’s birth held in Vienna
2008 Politician Jörg 2011 Dignitaries from around
Haider dies in car crash the world attend the funeral
1985
Hundertwasser- of the “last emperor”, Otto von
haus by 1995 Austria joins the Habsburg, who died aged 98
Friedensreich European Union
Hundertwasser 2009 Haydn Year
completed
1989 Velvet Revolution in
Czechoslovakia heralds
Austria’s growing economic
influence in the new
democratic central Europe.
Completion of Hans Hollein’s
Haas-Haus in Stephansplatz

1979 UNO-City opened

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