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Guess the year

Events, dates and names from 1900 to nowadays.
Quiz by MrDarcy
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Last updated: July 28, 2023
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Events
Year
In the Ussr dies the leader Černenko. Heysel tragedy in Bruxelles. "Snowfall of the century" in Italy
1985
In the P.R. of Congo the Nyiragongo erupts. Timor Leste is independent from Indonesia. The princess Margaret dies in London.
2002
The Nasa astronauts V. Grissom, E. White and R. Chaffee dies in an accident. The Biafra war starts in Nigeria. ASEAN is founded.
1967
Poland, Hungary and Czechia enter in the Nato. The Europol comes into operation. King Hussein of Jordan dies.
1999
The African National Congress is founded in South Africa. Arizona joins the Usa. In the Russian Empire the first edition of "Pravda" is printed.
1912
The Italian alpinists Compagnoni and Lacedelli conquer the K2. West Germany joins Nato. Marilyn Monroe and Joe Di Maggio wedding.
1954
An earthquake causes 1163 deaths in Afghanistan and Pakistan. A former prime minister is killed in Japan. The first image of Sagittarius A* is shown.
2022
MItterand is confirmed as France's president. A Pan Am flight explodes above Lockerbie, Scotland. In Panama president Eric Delvalle is deposed by general Manuel Noriega.
1988
Vajont disaster in Italy. First episode of "Doctor Who" is aired in Uk. The Alcatraz prison is closed.
1963
Japan declares war to Netherlands. Irving Berlin writes "White Christmas". The red army launch the "Operation Uranus".
1942
Events
Year
Pepsi Cola is founded in the Usa. Pope Leo XIII dies. 84 people dies in a fire in the underground of Paris.
1903
Water ski is invented. Fendi is founded in Italy. The Scottish engineer John Logie Baird invents the television.
1925
The ETA is founded in the Basque Country. The soviet probe Luna 2 is the first human artifact to touch the Moon soil. Frejus disaster in France.
1959
An Italian worker, Vincenzo Peruggia, steals the Gioconda at the Louvre. A fire in the Triangle factory in New York causes 146 workers. Wuchang uprising in China.
1911
Jethro Tull's "Thick as a brick", Yes' "Close to the edge" and Genesis' "Foxtrot" are issued. The Black September organization causes the Munich massacre. Bobby Fischer wins Boris Spassky in Reykjavik.
1972
Jurij Gagarin is the first man in space. Sierra Leone and Tanganica (today part of Tanzania) get independence from the Uk. First exibition of the Beatles in the Cavern Club of Hamburg.
1961
Hoover is elected president of the Usa. Inauguration of MOMA in New York. The first Oscars are awarded.
1929
A tsunami with over 500 m waves crashes in Alaska. Fulgencio Batista escapes from Cuba. The new pope is John XXIII.
1958
Francisco Franco becomes the leader of Spain. The last known Tasmanian tiger dies. The Uk changes two times its king.
1936
First episode of "The Simpsons" is aired. Matthias Rust with its Cessna lands on the Red Square in Moscow. Margaret Thatcher is charged to lead her third government.
1987
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