What Year did it Happen?

Enter the year that the event happened. The events are a combination of American History, World History, and Pop Culture.

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Last updated: January 29, 2013

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Hint	Answer
Sputnik Launched by Soviet Union	1957
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated	1914
O.J. Simpson Murder Trial Concludes	1995
Magna Carta Issued	1215
September 11 Terrorist Attacks on New York City	2001
September 11 Terrorist Attack on American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya	2012
Pilgrims Land on Plymouth Rock	1620
Golda Meir becomes 4th Prime Minister of Isreal	1969
Julius Caesar Stabbed to Death on the Senate Floor	44 BC
Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th States Respectively	1959
Isaac Newton's "The Principia" is published	1687
Barack Obama becomes the First Black American President	2008
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" debuts in England	1997
War of 1812 Comes to a Close	1815
Apollo 11 Moon Landing	1969
Michelangelo Completes the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel	1512
Colombus Sailed the Ocean Blue	1492
U.S. President William McKinley is Assassinated	1901
Irish "Bloody Sunday" massacre in Derry	1972
Jackie Robinson Breaks Major League Baseball's Color Barrier	1947
Rodney King Beaten on the Streets of Los Angeles	1991
The Green Bay Packers win the first Super Bowl	1967
The American Civil War Ends	1865

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Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki	1945
Playboy Magazine Debuts	1953
Berlin Wall Falls	1989 or 1990
Louisiana Purchase	1803
"Black Tuesday" Stock Market Crash	1929
The Little Rock Nine attend Little Rock Central High School	1957
Michael Jackson's Thriller is Released	1982
The Wright Brothers achieve the first heavier than air flight	1903
Roger Maris hits 61 Home Runs in a season	1961
Newtown Connecticut Sandyhook Elementary School Shooting	2012
Martin Luther King Delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech	1963
Woodstock	1969
"Gone with the Wind" wins 10 Academy Awards	1939
South African Apartheid Ends	1994
French Revolution Begins	1789
U.S. President John Kennedy is Assassinated	1963
Dubbed "The Miracle on Ice", the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team defeats USSR to advance to the gold medal game	1980
The American "Declaration of Indepedence" is adopted by the Continental Congress	1776
Secretariat Wins Triple Crown	1973
The American Consitution Goes Into Effect	1789
Plane crash kills musicians Boddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens	1959
Columbine High School Shooting	1999
Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a regulation basketball game	1962

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