Iconic Products
This famous, bright yellow powdered soft-drink mix—known for its mascot, a smiling little girl, and flavors like orange—was first launched in India
Rasna
This American warehouse club—famous for its bulk items and cheap food court—was founded under its original name, "Price Club."
Costco
This country threw a massive nationwide party to celebrate its 200th birthday (Bicentennial)
USA
This Amitabh Bacchan's star-studded romantic movie was a hit
Kabhie Kabhie
This person was the prime minister of the country
Indira Gandhi
Parle introduced this popular mango drink in India
Maaza
Steves founded this company named after a fruit
Apple
This future centenarian U.S. President from Georgia famously defeated Gerald Ford to win the White House.
Jimmy Carter
Like father like son, this playback singer debuts with a hit song - "bade achhe lagte hai"
Amit Kumar
India and this neighboring country officially restarted the Samjhauta Express train service to reconnect families separated by the border.
Pakistan
This incredibly popular brand of gourmet, intensely flavored jelly beans—famous for flavors like Very Cherry and Buttered Popcorn—was launched
Jelly Belly
This American off-price department store chain, known for its slogan "Maxx for Less," opened its first stores
TJ Maxx
This legendary American rock band released Hotel California, which went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Eagles
This actor launched his career with an explosive hit Kalicharan
Shatrughan Sinha
Led by a brilliant century from this star batsman, India’s cricket team made sports history by chasing down a record 403 runs to defeat West Indies
Sunil Gavaskar
This brightly colored polymer gel toy—packaged in a miniature trash can—was launched by Mattel and became a beloved childhood gross-out fad
Slime
This entertainment giant—notoriously known today for its dominant ticket sales and controversial service fees—was founded in Phoenix, Arizona.
Ticketmaster
This highly contagious and deadly virus was first identified
Ebola
Despite being universally recognized as a masterpiece today, this Ramesh Sippy film only managed to win a single Filmfare Award - for Best Editing.
Sholay
This humanitarian based in Kolkata—who later won a Nobel Peace Prize—was officially nominated for the grand award for the very first time
Mother Teresa
This home video format—which used large physical cassettes to record and watch movies—was introduced by JVC to compete with Betamax
VHS
World's very first biotechnology company, this medical research giant was founded to focus on genetic engineering and targeted oncology treatments.
Genentech
Following the end of a major conflict the previous year, North and South were officially reunified to form this single republic
Vietnam
Kishore Kumar’s melancholic, emotional title track for this film became one of his most deeply cherished solos.
Chalte Chalte
India made space history by celebrating the first full year in orbit of this historic first Indian satellite, named after an ancient astronomer.
Aryabhata