Since the following two hundred years saw the rise of the Classical Greek civilization, which has been enduringly influential in western society, the Battle of Marathon is often seen as a pivotal moment in European history.

The death of Charles the Bold, the last Valois Duke of Burgundy, at the Battle of Nancy in 1477 was a pivotal, if under-recognised, moment in European history.

His memoirs elaborated further, describing as a pivotal moment his disappointment upon meeting Henri, Count of Chambord, whom the elder Coubertin believed to be the rightful king.

It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history.

By his study of the oscillation period of compound pendulums Huygens made pivotal contributions to the development of the concept of moment of inertia.

Although the battle itself was not of the greatest significance militarily, this was a pivotal moment in history ; it marks the spread of Chinese papermaking into regions west of China as captured Chinese soldiers revealed secrets of Chinese papermaking to the Arabs.

This was seen by American political commentators as a pivotal moment in the loss of U. S. hegemony in the region.

These trips became the pivotal moment of his education ; he visited Chartres, the Parthenon, and many other ancient monuments, becoming increasingly fascinated with architecture.

A pivotal moment occurred when the Jingju performer playing Older Daughter ( a conflation of Goneril and Regan ) stabbed the Noh-performed Lear whose " falling pine " deadfall, straight face-forward into the stage, astonished the audience, in what Yong Li Lan describes as a " triumph through the moving power of noh performance at the very moment of his character's defeat ".

Most pride events occur annually and many take place around June to commemorate the Stonewall riots, a pivotal moment in the modern LGBT rights movement.

This was crushed by British troops, but some of the leaders of the rebellion subsequently became members of the Victoria Parliament, and the rebellion is still sometimes regarded as a pivotal moment in the development of Australian democracy.

Meredith's entry is regarded as a pivotal moment in the history of civil rights in the United States.

A pivotal moment in the history of Canterbury Cathedral was the murder of Thomas Becket in the north-west transept ( also known as the Martyrdom ) on Tuesday 29 December 1170 by knights of King Henry II.

The pivotal moment in the story comes while the characters are all attending the Venetian Carnival in costume.

In a pivotal moment billions of years ago, a Maltusian named Krona used time-bending technology to observe the beginning of the universe.

The subsequent Battle of Ramillies, fought in the Spanish Netherlands on 23 May, was perhaps Marlborough's most successful action, and one in which he had himself characteristically drawn his sword at the pivotal moment.

The novel and play concerned a pivotal moment in the life of an American banker, but they also explicitly referenced how the original expression was used in World War II aviation.

In a pivotal moment, billions of years ago, a Maltusian named Krona used time-bending technology to observe the beginning of the Universe.

) It is widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history — with Rolling Stone calling it one of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll.

On April 1, 1865, Pickett's defeat at the Battle of Five Forks was a pivotal moment that unraveled the tenuous Confederate line and caused Lee to order the evacuation of Richmond, Virginia, and retreat toward Appomattox Court House.

( Episode 1. 5 – " The Outsider "); The Devil Wears Prada ( Although it is uncredited an instrumental version of the song is played at nearly every pivotal moment in the film, as well as during the end credits ); One Tree Hill ( Episode 1. 17-" Spirit in the Night "); Duane Hopwood ; Friday Night Lights ( TV Series ) – song provides inspirational back-drop in scene where back-up Matt Saracen takes the field and excels

The pivotal moment in the war was the Battle of Lake Poyang in 1363, one of the largest naval battles in history.

While accepting that under Glass-Steagall financial firms could still have “ made, sold, and securitized risky mortgages, all the while fueling a massive housing bubble and building a highly leveraged, Ponzi-like pyramid of derivatives on top ,” the New Rules Project concludes that commentators who deny the GLBA played a role in the financial crisis “ fail to recognize the significance of 1999 as the pivotal policy-making moment leading up to the crash .” The Project argues 1999 was Congress ’ s opportunity to reject 25 years of “ deregulation ” and “ confront the changing financial system by reaffirming the importance of effective structural safeguards, such as the Glass-Steagall Act's firewall and market share caps to limit the size of banks ; bringing shadow banks into the regulatory framework ; and developing new rules to control the dangers inherent in derivatives and other engineered financial products .”

Dylan's July 25, 1965 appearance at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric backing band is also considered a pivotal moment in the development of folk rock.

The appointment of Gérard Houllier as co-manager before the 1998 – 99 season and subsequent departure of Roy Evans proved to be pivotal in Berger's decision to remain with the club.

The formal study of architecture in academic institutions played a pivotal role in the development of the profession as a whole, serving as a focal point for advances in architectural technology and theory.

In February 1705, Queen Anne, who had made Marlborough a Duke in 1702, granted him the Park of Woodstock and promised a sum of £ 240, 000 to build a suitable house as a gift from a grateful crown in recognition of his victory – a victory which British historian Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy considered one of the pivotal battles in history, writing – " Had it not been for Blenheim, all Europe might at this day suffer under the effect of French conquests resembling those of Alexander in extent and those of the Romans in durability.

* 1978 – The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

The teams split the first four games, and headed to Detroit for a pivotal Game 5.

Fermi's group soon made the discovery of slow neutrons, which was to prove pivotal for the working of nuclear reactors.

The film was completed in September 1931, but the censorship of the Hays Code prevented it from being released as Hawks and Hughes had originally intended, and the two men fought the Hays Office ( and made compromises ) for over a year until the film was released in 1932, after such other pivotal early gangster films as The Public Enemy and Little Caesar.

* 1868 – Boshin War: The Battle of Toba-Fushimi between forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and pro-Imperial factions begins, which will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the Meiji Restoration.

* In 1999, as chair of the Senate's subcommittee on patents, he played a pivotal role in extending patents for several drugs, most significantly allergy medication Claritin, to prevent the marketing of less-expensive generics.

He is presently doing a pivotal role in a Tamil film titled ' Aravaan ', directed by Vasanthabalan, who is critically acclaimed for his earlier films Angaadi Theru and Veyil.

" great god ") on the Japanese game cover, makes a play on words between the word for wolf ( 狼 ) and the word Kami, as 大神 and 狼 are pronounced the same way ; the pivotal protagonist is a statue of a wolf possessed by Amaterasu.

This weakness was exposed during the Abyssinia Crisis, when Britain and France had to balance maintaining the security they had attempted to create for themselves in Europe " to defend against the enemies of internal order ", in which Italy's support played a pivotal role, with their obligations to Abyssinia as a member of the League.

The international border-line has been a matter of pivotal dispute between Pakistan and India ever since 1947, and the Siachen Glacier in northern Kashmir has been an important arena for fighting between the two sides since 1984, although far more soldiers have died of exposure to the cold than from any skirmishes in the conflict between their National Armies facing each other.

Senegal ’ s new Agency for the Promotion of Investment ( APIX ) plays a pivotal role in the government ’ s foreign investment program.

** The pivotal Third Plenum of the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is held in Beijing, with Deng Xiaoping reversing Mao-era policies to pursue a program for Chinese economic reform.

However, the footage was taken during 1998 while Zawinski was still working for Netscape in which he is portrayed as a pivotal person in the company.

Ding also used gimbals as pivotal supports for one of his incense burners and invented the world's first known zoetrope lamp.

He was then hired to build cabinets at the home of director George Lucas, who subsequently cast him in a pivotal supporting role for his film American Graffiti ( 1973 ).

Strange then, as Cohen says, that philosophers and scientists alike refuse to acknowledge either Galileo in particular, or the thought experiment technique in general for its pivotal role in both science and philosophy.

Hinduism, or Sanatana Dharma ( Dharma means moral duty ), has pivotal virtues that everyone keeping their Dharma is asked to follow, for they are distinct qualities of manusya ( mankind ) that allow one to be in the mode of goodness.

Distinguishing when acts are courageous, as opposed to reckless or cowardly, for instance, is an act of prudence, and for this reason it is classified as a cardinal ( pivotal ) virtue.

A pivotal, renowned, and polarizing figure domestically as well as in international politics since the 1960s, Palme was steadfast in his non-alignment policy towards the superpowers, juxtaposed to support of numerous third world liberation movements following the process of decolonization including, most controversially, economic and vocal support for a number of non-democratic anti-imperialist regimes.

Both houses of Congress responded with committee investigations and reports affirming the historical precedents for the Bank's constitutionality and its pivotal role in furnishing a uniform currency.

The campaign was to prove pivotal for James.

She has also been recognized for playing a pivotal role in crossing racial boundaries in the recording industry, where black artists were once considered to be substandard.