If you had asked me to predict these events, I would have missed all of them

Here are five significant social-political events that were talked about in the 1970s and 1980s, mostly as far-out, idealistic possibilities.  If someone had asked me "Which of these do you think will happen in your lifetime, or in the next 50 years?" I would have answered "Anything's possible, but I don't think I'll see any of these happen."  At this point, four out of five have taken place, and there's still time for that last one.

Let's pick the year 1980.  That was thirty-four years ago.  It was a decade-and-a-half after the height of the Civil Rights movement and consequent legislation, as well as the Voting Rights Act, but also the Watts riots and other civil conflicts.  The Cold War was in an icy phase, and the economy didn't look so hot.  But, for me personally it was a good year--no details, just take my word for it--and I was optimistic about the future, so if I'd been asked about the likelihood of any of these five things happening by the year 2030 you might reasonably think that my response for at least some of them would have been an enthusiastic "yes, of course that'll happen!"