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This article is about the year. For the set, see 1970 Pirates Gun Cart.
Years with an article:
189118951904191619201924193219341935193619371940194219461947194819491950
195119531954195519561957195819591960196119621963196419651966196719681969
197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987
198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008
20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272030

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[]

Sets introduced[]

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