Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1950
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The _____ War starts in north eastern asia
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Korean
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1951
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The __ Ammendment is passed, which limits the amount of terms a President can serve
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22nd
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1952
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______ __ __ _____, a movie about two movie stars transitioning out of the silent era, is released
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Singin' in the Rain
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1953
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Joseph _____ leader of the Soviet Union, dies.
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Stalin
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1954
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Brown v. Board of Education of ______(city), a landmark civil right case for the U.S, occurs
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Topeka
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1955
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West ______ becomes a sovereign state
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Germany
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1956
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Elvis Presley tops music charts for the first time, with hit single _______ _______
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Heartbreak Hotel
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1957
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Russia launches the ______ I, the first earth-orbitting satelite
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Sputnik
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1958
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Truman Capote writes this classic.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
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1959
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Fidel Castro assumes power of ____
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Cuba
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1960
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The man thought to be responsible for the holocaust, Adolf ________, is captured by Israelis. He was executed in 1962
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Eichmann
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1961
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US sponsored ex-Cubans invade Cuba at the ___ __ ____.
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Bay of Pigs
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1962
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_______ _______, wife of Arthur Miller(Death of a Salesman), dies of a drug overdose at age 36.
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Marilyn Monroe
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1963
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This US president was shot in Dallas
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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1964
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This future south african president is sentenced to jail for life.
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Nelson Mandela
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1965
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The first US troops arrive in ______
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Vietnam
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1966
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This cartoonist died, or had himself cyrogenically frozen
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Walt Disney
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1967
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The Six Day War comes and goes between Arab forces and ______
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Israel
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1968
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Civil Rights Activist ______ is shot dead in Memphis
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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1969
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, the crew of _____ walk the moon for the first time.
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Apollo 11
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1970
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Janis Joplin and ________ both died at age 27.
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Jimi Hendrix
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1971
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Mao Zedong invites U.S. athletes to play ____ ____
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Ping Pong
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1972
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11 Israeli Athletes are killed at the Olympic Games at ______
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Munich
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1973
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______ _____ wins the Academy Award for best actor, but Sacheen Littlefeather stands in his place to protest U.S. treatment of Native Americans
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Marlon Brando
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1974
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Nixon and which Russian leader meet to discuss nuclear arms limitation agreements.
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Leonid Brezhnev
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1975
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The ___, the first commercial method of watching videos at home, is developed by Sony
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VHS
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1976
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_____, probably the most well known and legendary sports movie of all time, is released
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Rocky
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1977
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The South African activist _____ ____ dies at the hands of Afrikaner police
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Steve Biko
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1978
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The _______, the first portable stereo, is introduced yet again by Sony
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Walkman
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1979
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A nuclear accident at ___ ____ _____, in Pennsylvania releases radiation
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Three Mile Island
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1980
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This president is elected.
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Ronald Reagan
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1981
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U.S. hostages from this country are freed.
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Iran
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1982
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Britain is victorious over _______ in the Falklands war
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Argentina
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1983
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The US invades ______
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Grenada
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1984
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Apple introduces the ________, the most user-friendly computer so far.
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Macintosh
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1985
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Soviet leader ______ _______ , the last Soviet leader gains power.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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1986
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The _______ Disaster, a nuclear accident causing an estimated 3940 deaths from radiation induced cancer, among other things.
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Chernobyl
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1987
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British Prime Minister ______ ______ , known as the Iron Lady, wins a third term.
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Margaret Thatcher
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1988
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The war between Iran and ____ officially ends, with over a million deaths because of it
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Iraq
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1989
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A massive earthquake of a 7.2 magnitude occurs, destroying a hundred thousand buildings in the city of ________
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San Francisco
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1990
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The famous cartoon sitcom _________ debuts on Fox.
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The Simpsons
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1991
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This state dissolves
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Soviet Union
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1992
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This trade is signed between the USA, Mexico, and Canada
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NAFTA
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1993
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This palace becomes open to the public
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Buckingham Palace
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1994
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Olympic ice skater ______ _______ was attacked, allegedly by her competitior Tonya Harding
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Nancy Kerrigan
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1995
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Olympic ice skater ________ is attacked by the ex-husband of her main competitor, Tonya Harding
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Nancy Kerrigan
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1996
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Rapper _____ _______, is shot down in a drive by shooting
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Tupac Shakur
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1997
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JK Rowling's first book in the _______ series is published.
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Harry Potter
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1998
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Europeans agree to have one currency, the ____.
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Euro
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1999
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People anxiously await the ___ apocalyptic bug.
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Y2K
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2000
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Vicente Fox is elected President of Mexico, ending a 71 year reign of this party
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Institutional Revolutionary Party(PRI)
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