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This article is about the year. For the set, see 1970 Pirates Gun Cart.
Years with an article:
18911895190419161920192419321934193519361937194019421946194719481949
195019511953195419551956195719581959196019611962196319641965196619671968
1969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987
1988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006
20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252030

Events[]

  • The company grows to 1,000 employees.
  • Jesse Shwayder, the founder of the Samsonite Corporation, dies at the age of 88.
  • The LEGO Group starts the process to regain the USA LEGO license from Samsonite.
  • The first plastic roadway plate was introduced, 50x50 green and gray, in USA/Canada only.
  • The LEGO Group breaks ground on a second production facility at Hojmarksvej, not far from the original facility at Systemvej.

Themes introduced or discontinued[]

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