Maserati 90 Year Celebrations


	Maserati - Spanning 90 Years of History On December 1st, 1914 Alfieri Maserati founded "Società Anonima Officine Alfieri Maserati", at Via de'Pepoli 11 in Bologna. The company specialised in preparing cars for road racing. This date marks the beginning of the history of one of the most glorious marques in the automotive world. In 2004 Maserati reached another important goal, celebrating its 90 years with a unique event. Celebrations took place on the 17th, 18th and 19th September 2004 with cars travelling on a route from Milan to Rome, stopping at the factory in Modena. Centrepiece of these celebrations were 90 Maserati Spyder and Coupé models from the current range. These cars were decorated to commemorate an important international event for each of the last 90 years - for example, the year 1969 was represented by man's first landing on the moon. 3M decorated the cars with special adhesive film - 3M Scotchprint® Graphics, which allow extraordinary quality in the reproduction of images.


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	1974 The Terracotta Warriors
	The Chinese make an unprecedented discovery of over 6,000 terracotta warriors.



	1975 USA & USSR together in space
	Despite the ongoing Cold War, the Apollo (US) and Soyuz (URSS) space capsules dock in orbit.



	1976 Concorde's first flight
	The supersonic British Airways-Air France Concorde makes its first commercial flight.



	1977 Bjorn Borg - King of Wimbledon
	Bjorn Borg wins Wimbledon for the second time and becomes the ATP's top seed.



	1978 Karol Wojtyla is elected Pope
	Karol Wojtyla from Poland is the first non-Italian pope to be elected since Adrian VI over 400 years ago.



	1979 The spreading of the mobile phone in Japan
	One of the first mobile phone networks is created in Japan, hailing the start of a new era in communications.



	1980 CNN: The first 24 hour news service
	CNN, the first 24-hour TV news channel, is launched in Atlanta, USA, introducing a whole new kind of journalism.



	1981 First space shuttle goes into orbit
	The space shuttle Columbia makes her maiden flight on April 12th 1981 and becomes the first reusable space craft.



	1982 Italy crowned football World Champions
	The football World Cup is held in Spain, Italy returns victorious after a 44-year gap.



	1983 E.T. - The Extra Terrestial
	Steven Spielberg's original blend of fairytale and science fiction, E.T - The Extraterrestrial, breaks all box office records.



	1984 Carl Lewis: The son of the wind
	The Son of the Wind legend is born at the Los Angeles Olympics as Carl Lewis wins four golds: 100m, 200m, long jump and 4 x 100 relay.



	1985 Birth of the CD-ROM
	The CD-ROM changes the way we listen to music and record data. The music and computer industries will never be same.



	1986 The return of Halley's Comet
	Halley's Comet, discovered in 1758 by Englishman Edmond Halley, makes its first visit to our skies in 76 years.



	1987 Van Gogh: Record auction price
	Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting is sold at auction for a record price of $39.5 million.



	1988 The Thaw
	The historic meeting between President Reagan and Premier Gorbachev marks the start of a thaw between the two superpowers, bringing their worlds closer together.


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