Extinction timeline* 1950-2050* Existence insignificant beyond this date

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Queen Victoria

Buggy whips

Manchu DynastyTitanic

Open borders

Over the counter cocaine

WW1 Czar Nicholas II

Ottoman Empire

PersiaPrussia

WW2 John F Kennedy

Steam locomotive

Jimi HendrixJanis JoplinGet Smart

East PakistanDDT

Jim Morrison Gold Standard (US)

Imperial measurement (UK)

78-rpm records

Wire recorders Cheap oil

Kingdom of Greece

Vacuum tubesKeynesian economics

Manned moon landings

SMALLPOXElvis

John Lennon

Philip K. Dick

8-trackDisco

Space InvadersStudio 54Sinclair C5

BERLIN WALLCommunismSoviet Union

Exchange controls (UK)

ChernobylPacman

Manual typewriters

Issac Asimov

Kurt CobainBRITISH EMPIRE

Barings Bank

Betamax

CFCs

NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTYHabeas corpus

TWADouglas Adams

Enron CorporationArthur AndersonINNOcENcE

HopeLove bites

Swiss Army knives

Eleven European currenciesPaternity disputes

Internal EU passport controlsSegway

ConcordePolaroids

Bone phoneCareers

Sunday lunch

Affordable housingMilkmen

PlutoTower Records

Lindsay LohanLow doc mortgages

LETTER WRITINGTony Blair

George Bush II

Repair shops Phone boxes

MENDING THINGS

Advertising regulation Ashtrays

Landline telephonesJohn Howard

CRT television“Thank you”

Newspaper deliveryDIAL-uPEMAIL

Video rental storesFax machines

GETTING LOST

Telephone directoriesState pensionsReceptionists

RETIREMENTThe next big thingBig political ideasCustomer serviceComputer mouse

BlackBerriesReal handkerchiefs

SecretariesSecrets

DVDVillage shops

Russian democracyText-based search

Sit down breakfastsPOST OFFIcESDirect marketing

ButchersFree parking

WW1 survivorsSIZE OLibraries

Unfenced beachesStatic ads

Taiwan cOPYRIGHT

Buckteeth

WEB 2.0The MaldivesSPELLINGBLOGGING

WaistlinesAM radio

DESKTOP cOMPuTERS

Free roads

WrinklesKim Jong II

LunchFM radio

Crafts peopleInheritance tax

Intimacy

Trade Unions

Great Barrier ReefKEYS

Childhood Reality TV

cOINS

Aral seaLow-cost travel

BangladeshOIL

MicrosoftThe Middle class

Spam Aboriginal culture

Rocky films

PETROL ENGINED VEHIcLESAddiction

GLAcIERSBritish Royalty

Natural childbirth

Passenger airships

PEAcE & QuIET

European Union“SORRY”

Vladimir Putin

National currenciesA good night’s sleep

Bank notesWallets

Free public spacesCarbon emissions

Deafness

Ties

The family room

Household chores

PHYSIcAL NEWSPAPERSBlindnessGOOGLE

Lists of predictions

PHYSIcAL PAIN uGLYNESS

Cosmetic surgery

NATION STATES

FuturistsWW2 survivors

Cher

DEATH

Chinese Imperial family

Work free weekendsParis Hilton

Primitive forms of money

Yugoslavia

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Normal weather Public intellectuals

Punch cardsWooden toys

Princess DianaB&W television

Telex35mm projectors

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