Thirty years ago, while the nation was wallowing in economic depression, the prevailing philosophy of government was to stand aside and allow `` natural forces '' to operate and cure the distress.

Thirty years later, on March 6, 2009, Philips received an IEEE Milestone award with the following citation: " On 8 March 1979, N. V. Philips ' Gloeilampenfabrieken demonstrated for the international press a Compact Disc Audio Player.

In 1642, when Lord Herbert of Cherbury's De Veritate was published, the Thirty Years War had been raging on continental Europe for nearly 25 years.

During the Thirty Years ' War, Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna brought the Moravian Brethren refugee John Amos Comenius to Elbląg for six years ( 1642 – 48 ).

His reign became famous from his actions a few years later when on June 1630 he landed in Germany, continuing Sweden's involvement in the ongoing Thirty Years ' War.

Thirty years later, he sent the Spanish Armada to overthrow Elizabeth, without success.

* 1632 – Thirty years war: Battle of Lützen is fought, the Swedes are victorious but the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus dies in the battle.

Urban's papacy covered twenty-one years of the Thirty Years ' War and was an eventful one even by the standards of the day.

The incident is reported in George Gamow's book: " Thirty years that shook physics " where it is also claimed the effect to be stronger as the theoretical physicist is more talented.

Thirty years ( the year 2000 ) after the civil rights era, the United States remained in many areas a residentially segregated society, in which blacks, whites and Hispanics inhabit different neighborhoods of vastly different quality.

* Bruce, I. T., Thomas Buce: St Helena Postmaster and Stamp Designer, Thirty years of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan Philately, pp 7 – 10, 2006, ISBN 1-890454-37-0

Thirty years from now, the kids will be getting ready for Super Bowl LXI, and NFL Films will drag out Steve Sabol — he'll be around 102 then — and he'll talk about how Brett Favre fought through such adversity.

Thirty one radioisotopes have been characterized, with the most stable being Tm-171 with a half-life of 1. 92 years, Tm-170 with a half-life of 128. 6 days, Tm-168 with a half-life of 93. 1 days, and Tm-167 with a half-life of 9. 25 days.

From 1643 – 45, during the last years of the Thirty Years ' War, Sweden and Denmark fought the Torstenson War.

Thirty years earlier, Stanisław had been installed as king of Poland by King Charles XII of Sweden during his period of dominance in the early part of the Great Northern War, and was ousted following the Battle of Poltava by the victorious Russians.

Thirty years before, Henry III had deposed three claimants to the papacy, and thereby rendered an acknowledged service to the Church.

Thirty years later Col. Jim Porter became managing director of Newcastle Breweries, Ltd, and was awarded a CBE.

During the last years of the Thirty Years ' War the Charles Bridge in Prague was courageously defended by students of the Carolinum and Clementinum.

Thirty years later, however, Heath would admit that his remarks on the " economic burden of immigration " had been " not without prescience.

Thirty years after the speech, Edward Heath admitted that Powell's remarks on the " economic burden of immigration " had been " not without prescience.

Again besieged and captured by the French during the Thirty Years ' War in September 1642, Perpignan was formally ceded by Spain 17 years later in the Treaty of the Pyrenees, and from then on remained a French possession.

Thirty years later Indians laid a two-month siege on La Paz – where and when the legend of the Ekeko is set.

Thirty years later, in 1933, again in Germany, the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft company introduced the diesel-powered " Fliegender Hamburger ", service between Berlin and Hamburg, establishing the fastest regular service in the world, with a regular top speed of 160 km / h.

Thirty years prior, " Brother Bainbridge " claimed to have sighted a creature that looked like a dolphin in the lake near Antelope Island.

Thirty years prior, the Earnshaw family lived at Wuthering Heights.

During her 2000 parole hearing, Sharon Tate's sister, Debra, read a statement written by their father, Paul, which said in part, " Thirty one years ago I sat in a courtroom with a jury and watched with others.

Thirty years ago, Hotel Bora Bora built the first over-the-water bungalows on stilts over the lagoon and today, over-water bungalows are a standard feature of most Bora Bora resorts.

Thirty years ago a new wing with a skin of dark glass was added to house the printing presses, and these machines can be seen through the windows from the street.

Thirty or so years ago, some American artists started experimenting with the form.

Otterness issued an apology which was reported in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in April 2008, " Thirty years ago when I was 25 years old, I made a film in which I shot a dog.

Thirty years ago, the Elven prince Kael Elessedil led an expedition in search of a legendary magic which was said to be the most ancient and powerful in the world.

The German lands saw armies marching back and forth, bringing devastation ( albeit on a far lower scale than the Thirty Years ' War, almost two centuries before ), but also bringing new ideas of liberty and civil rights for the people.

In terms of human costs, the Thirty Years ' wars many economic, social, and population dislocations caused by the hardline methods adopted by Ferdinand's strict counter-reformation measures and almost continual employment of mercenary field armies contributed significantly to the loss of life and tragic depopulation of all the German states, during a war which some estimates put the civilian loss of life as high as fifty-percent overall.

The worst time in regional history was the Thirty Years ' War, which depopulated the area almost completely.

The decline of Anklam began with the Thirty Years ' War, when Swedish and Imperial troops battled almost twenty years for Anklam.

The town was almost completely destroyed in 1634 during the Thirty Years ' War, and its citizens either killed or deported.

In the Thirty Years ' War the Ries was almost completely devastated and depopulated.

The need to control trade routes, monopolies, and slavery, which lay primarily in the hands of the French during the 17th century, created an almost endless cycle of wars between the colonial powers: the French religious wars, the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 and 1648 ), Franco – Spanish War ( 1653 ), the Franco-Dutch War ( 1672 – 1678 ), and so on.

Mann's almost lifelong passion for the best-known field-marshal of the Thirty Years War culminated in 1971 with the release of the monumental biography Wallenstein.

He acquired it because of the Altmünster Convent ’ s fourth of the tithes that were tied to it, of which sometime earlier – the exact circumstances are still unclear – Heidesheim ’ s parish priest had been stripped by the Convent, which was furthermore towards the end of, or just after, the Thirty Years ' War – as almost always – in need of money.

The residents had just started re-building the town when requisitions and contributions ( payments to the occupation army ) during the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 1648 ) almost drove the town into financial collapse.

Thirty years after Fischart's death, his writings, once so popular, were almost entirely forgotten.

During his time at Rostock, the Thirty Years War almost emptied the University, and Rist himself lay there for several weeks, suffering from pestilence.

During the Thirty Years ' War, the village and the castle were almost utterly destroyed.

Ramstein was almost completely depopulated in the Thirty Years War of the 17th century.

During the 16th century, Giengen became Protestant and was almost completely burned down in 1634 during the Thirty Years ' War.