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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1776
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Thomas Paine publishes Common____
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Sense
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1777
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The Continental Congress adopts the stars and
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Stripes
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1778
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Oliver Pollack creates this symbol "$" (type what the symbol is)
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Dollar
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1779
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John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Great____
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Britain
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1780
|
|
______ Arnold betrays America
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|
Benedict
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1781
|
|
Previous burns the capital of Virginia (type the capital)
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Richmond
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|
1782
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John Adams secures recognition from the
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Dutch
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1783
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|
Great Britain recognizes U.S_________
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Independence
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|
1784
|
|
Benjamin Franklin expresses unhappiness about the eagle being America's____
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|
Symbol
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|
1785
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|
Congress votes to change the U.S _______to the dollar
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Currency
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1786
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|
Shay's _________ starts
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Rebellion
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|
1787
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|
Delaware become the first offical U.S___
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|
State
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|
1788
|
|
Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the _____
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|
Constitution
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|
1789
|
|
George Washington becomes the first_____
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|
President
|
|
1790
|
|
George Washington gives the first state of the _____ adress
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|
Union
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|
1791
|
|
The First US _______ Meeting
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|
Cabinet
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|
1792
|
|
The first Columbus Day is celebrated in New
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York
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1793
|
|
Eli Whitney invents the Cotton____
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Gin
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|
1794
|
|
U.S establishes a permanent____
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|
Navy
|
|
1795
|
|
U.S and Great Britain sign the Jay_____
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|
Treaty
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|
1796
|
|
George Washington declines a third____
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|
Term
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|
1797
|
|
Nathaniel Briggs patents the washing___
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|
Machine
|
|
1798
|
|
The Marine_____ is established
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|
Corps
|
|
1799
|
|
George Washington's body is buried at Mount____
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|
Vernon
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|
1800
|
|
John Adams become the first president to ____ in the White House
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|
Live
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|
1801
|
|
John Marshall is appointed Chief_____
|
|
Justice
|
|
1802
|
|
Martha Washington ______ away
|
|
Passes
|
|
1803
|
|
America expands due to the Louisiana______
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|
Purchase
|
|
1804
|
|
Lewis and Clark go out ____
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|
West
|
|
1805
|
|
Lewis and Clark reach the Pacific
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|
Ocean
|
|
1806
|
|
Yale Literary Government publishes its first_____
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|
Issue
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|
1807
|
|
Aaron____ was arrested for treason
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|
Burr
|
|
1808
|
|
The importation of _____ into the U.S was banned
|
|
Slaves
|
|
1809
|
|
the first U.S______ was published by William Maclure
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|
Geology
|
|
1810
|
|
The temperature in New Hampshire dropped from 54°F to -12°F in one____
|
|
Day
|
|
1811
|
|
William Henry Harrison defeats Tecumseh's army in the Battle of________
|
|
Tippecanoe
|
|
1812
|
|
The war of____ begins
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|
1812
|
|
1813
|
|
Pride and ______ was pubslihed
|
|
Prejudice
|
|
1814
|
|
The British burn down the
|
|
White House
|
|
1815
|
|
The Library of Congress is reestablished after being _____
|
|
burnt
|
|
1816
|
|
James Monroe beats Rufus king, a member of the______ party in the presidential race
|
|
Federalist
|
|
1817
|
|
John Adams' song John _____ Adams becomes Secretary of State
|
|
Quincy
|
|
1818
|
|
Andrew Jackson conquers Spanish Fort San Marcos in which became the First ________War
|
|
Seminole
|
|
1819
|
|
Thomas Jefferson and others founded the University of________
|
|
Virginia
|
|
1820
|
|
Joseph Smith has is first_____
|
|
Vision
|
|
1821
|
|
James Boyd patents the rubber fire_____
|
|
Hose
|
|
1822
|
|
2 men betray a slave revolt, resulting in 35 slaves being_____
|
|
Hung
|
|
1823
|
|
James Monroe creates a doctrine bearing his name (type the doctrines name)
|
|
Monroe Doctrine
|
|
1824
|
|
An election deadlock between John Quincy Adams and Andrew_______
|
|
Jackson
|
|
1825
|
|
One of the previous men gets elected president (type the name)
|
|
John Quincy Adams
|
|
1826
|
|
John Adams and Thomas _____die the same day
|
|
Jefferson
|
|
1827
|
|
Brown v________
|
|
Maryland
|
|
1828
|
|
The_________party is founded
|
|
Democratic
|
|
1829
|
|
Andre Jackson gets _______ as the 7th president
|
|
Inaugurated
|
|
1830
|
|
The beginning of the Trail of _____
|
|
Tears
|
|
1831
|
|
William Lloyd Garrison publishes the first issue of an abolitionist newspaper called______
|
|
The Liberator
|
|
1832
|
|
The source of the Mississippi_____ is discovered
|
|
River
|
|
1833
|
|
A ____ derails at Hightstown New Jersey
|
|
Train
|
|
1834
|
|
Stephen F. Austin is imprisoned in Mexico_____
|
|
City
|
|
1835
|
|
Richard Lawrence becomes the first person to attempt to _________ a president
|
|
Assassinate
|
|
1836
|
|
Davy Crockett arrives in Texas to aid the ________
|
|
Revolution
|
|
1837
|
|
Michigan becomes the ____ U.S state
|
|
26th
|
|
1838
|
|
The Great Western docks in New York_____
|
|
City
|
|
1839
|
|
Henry Clay states "I had rather be______ than president"
|
|
Right
|
|
1840
|
|
Alexander Wolcott and John Johnson open the Daguerreian______
|
|
Parlor
|
|
1841
|
|
William Henry Harrison dies only one _____ into office
|
|
Month
|
|
1842
|
|
Charles______ comes to America
|
|
Dickens
|
|
1843
|
|
An alligator fell out of the____
|
|
Sky
|
|
1844
|
|
John C. Frémont discover ____ Tahoe
|
|
Lake
|
|
1845
|
|
The first Dark _____ president, Jame K. Polk gets elected
|
|
Horse
|
|
1846
|
|
Congress votes for a war against _______
|
|
Mexico
|
|
1847
|
|
The Battle of Buena____
|
|
Vista
|
|
1848
|
|
Phineas Gage has a tamping rod go through his Frontal____
|
|
Lobe
|
|
1849
|
|
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first ____ to earn a medical degree in the US
|
|
Woman
|
|
1850
|
|
A compromise was made with the name of its year, it was the Compromise of___
|
|
1850
|
|
1851
|
|
The first black women's _____ convention
|
|
Rights
|
|
1852
|
|
Uncle Tom's _____ gets published
|
|
Cabin
|
|
1853
|
|
Franklin Pierce's child dies in a _____-wreck
|
|
Train
|
|
1854
|
|
The ______ party is founded
|
|
Republican
|
|
1855
|
|
Walt Whitman's book Leaves of ______is published
|
|
Grass
|
|
1856
|
|
The American Party nominates their presidential candidate Millard________
|
|
Fillmore
|
|
1857
|
|
The Dred _____ Decision
|
|
Scott
|
|
1858
|
|
Abolitionists create Crispus ______ Day
|
|
Attackus
|
|
1859
|
|
Joshua Abraham Norton proclaims himself ________ Norton
|
|
Emperor
|
|
1860
|
|
South Carolina _______from the Union
|
|
Secedes
|
|
1861
|
|
Beginning of the_____
|
|
Civil War
|
|
1862
|
|
A confederate general (his name is the next question) moves north of ________
|
|
Virginia
|
|
1863
|
|
Stonewall ______ is killed
|
|
Jackson
|
|
1864
|
|
Grant is named commander of the ____ army
|
|
U.S
|
|
1865
|
|
Abaraham Lincoln is shot by______
|
|
John Wilkes Booth
|
|
1866
|
|
Jesse James steals $ __,000
|
|
15
|
|
1867
|
|
The Alaska_____
|
|
Purchase
|
|
1868
|
|
Andrew Johnson becomes the first president to be _______
|
|
Impeached
|
|
1869
|
|
Elizabeth Stanton becomes the first woman to ________ in congress
|
|
Testify
|
|
1870
|
|
The Brooklyn________ is completed
|
|
Bridge
|
|
1871
|
|
Brigham Young arrested for______
|
|
Bigamy
|
|
1872
|
|
Louis Riel is exiled to St,____ Minnesota
|
|
Paul
|
|
1873
|
|
the first U.S ______ card is issued
|
|
Postal
|
|
1874
|
|
Jesse James robs a ______ in Missouri
|
|
Train
|
|
1975
|
|
Jesse James robs another previous answer in__________
|
|
Missouri
|
|
1876
|
|
The Kentucky Meat_______
|
|
Shower
|
|
1877
|
|
Battle of _____ Mountain
|
|
Wolf
|
|
1878
|
|
Congress overrides Rutherford Hayes' veto on the Bland-________Act
|
|
Allison
|
|
1879
|
|
______ patents the electric lamp
|
|
Edison
|
|
1880
|
|
James A. ________ is inaugurated as president
|
|
Garfield
|
|
1881
|
|
Previous is shot by Charles ________
|
|
Guiteau
|
|
1882
|
|
The senate ratifies the first ______ Convention
|
|
Geneva
|
|
1883
|
|
The first electric lighting ______
|
|
System
|
|
1884
|
|
The Statue of Liberty is presented to the U.S in______
|
|
Paris
|
|
1885
|
|
Mark Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry _____
|
|
Finn
|
|
1886
|
|
The Statue of________ is given to the United States
|
|
Liberty
|
|
1887
|
|
Lincoln was re______
|
|
Burried
|
|
1888
|
|
Francis Tumblety flees to the U.S after being accused of the Jack the______ murders
|
|
Ripper
|
|
1889
|
|
The first non-segregated U.S ________
|
|
Hospital
|
|
1890
|
|
the first U.S edition of Sherlock _________
|
|
Holmes
|
|
1891
|
|
Benjamin _________ visits San Fransisco
|
|
Harrison
|
|
1892
|
|
A mine explosion kills ___ people
|
|
100
|
|
1893
|
|
Grover Cleveland gets elected to a second nonconsecutive____
|
|
Term
|
|
1894
|
|
the 1st _____ epidemic breaks out
|
|
Polio
|
|
1895
|
|
The Red Badge of _________ is pubslihed
|
|
Courage
|
|
1896
|
|
The first modern _____________
|
|
Olympics
|
|
1897
|
|
William McKinley is inaugurated to his _____ term
|
|
First
|
|
1898
|
|
The _______-American war begins
|
|
Spanish
|
|
1899
|
|
The previous war ____
|
|
Ends
|
|
1900
|
|
Next answer gets his _______ term
|
|
Second
|
|
1901
|
|
Leon Czolgosz Shoots President William _____
|
|
McKinley
|
|
1902
|
|
It became criminal for ___ to "looking at a woman in that way"
|
|
Men
|
|
1903
|
|
Theodore and Edith _________ renovate the White House
|
|
Roosevelt
|
|
1904
|
|
Previous commissions the Panama ______
|
|
Canal
|
|
1905
|
|
Elihu Root becomes ________ of State
|
|
Secretary
|
|
1906
|
|
San Fransisco suffers a 7.9____
|
|
Earthquake
|
|
1907
|
|
Teddy shakes 8,513 hands in _ day
|
|
1
|
|
1908
|
|
The first _________ motion picture, Fantasmagorie is made
|
|
Animated
|
|
1909
|
|
William Taft becomes the 27th president during a __" snowstorm
|
|
10
|
|
1910
|
|
Taft throws the first_____
|
|
Pitch
|
|
1911
|
|
The next answer sets sail for New York _____
|
|
City
|
|
1912
|
|
The unsinkable ship sinks
|
|
Titanic
|
|
1913
|
|
Roosevelt ran for another term splitting the vote making Woodrow ______ president despite getting 42% in the popular vote
|
|
Wilson
|
|
1914
|
|
Hery For announces his $_ minimum per day wage
|
|
5
|
|
1915
|
|
Wilson refuses to allow immigration of _______
|
|
Illiterates
|
|
1916
|
|
Wilson states the U.S will abide by ______ warfare
|
|
Maritime
|
|
1917
|
|
Uncle ___ was popularized
|
|
Sam
|
|
1918
|
|
the __th amendment
|
|
18
|
|
1919
|
|
Henry Ford's ___succeeds Henry
|
|
Son
|
|
1920
|
|
The beginning of ______ outlawing alcohol
|
|
Prohibition
|
|
1921
|
|
Warren G. Harding becomes the __th president
|
|
29
|
|
1922
|
|
Warren G. Harding becomes the first president to _____ over radio
|
|
Speak
|
|
1923
|
|
Warren G. Harding suddenly dies of a heart_____
|
|
Attack
|
|
1924
|
|
The follow the bouncing ___ technique for music was invented by Max Fleischer
|
|
Ball
|
|
1925
|
|
The Great _____ is pubslihed
|
|
Gatsby
|
|
1926
|
|
Disney Brothers Studios becomes known as _____ Disney Studios
|
|
Walt
|
|
1927
|
|
The ________ premiers in NYC
|
|
General
|
|
1928
|
|
Steamboat _______ is made
|
|
Willie
|
|
1929
|
|
The stock market ______
|
|
Crash
|
|
1930
|
|
Taft resigns as Chief _______
|
|
Justice
|
|
1931
|
|
Edison makes his _____ pattent
|
|
Last
|
|
1932
|
|
Charles Lindbergh's son was_____________
|
|
Kidnapped
|
|
1933
|
|
Someone attempted to ____________ FDR
|
|
Assassinate
|
|
1934
|
|
Babe ____ gets a pay cut
|
|
Ruth
|
|
1935
|
|
A man enters a hotel and mysteriously dies his name was stated to be Roland T. Owen. But his real name is Artemis_________
|
|
Ogletree
|
|
1936
|
|
The first baseball hall of _____
|
|
Fame
|
|
1937
|
|
Howard Hughes sets the transcontinental air ______ with 7h 28m 25s
|
|
Record
|
|
1938
|
|
A statue of Henry _________ is erected
|
|
Hudson
|
|
1939
|
|
The Wizard of __ releases
|
|
Oz
|
|
1940
|
|
Franklin D. Roosevelt gets elected to a third term making him the person with the longest ____
|
|
Presidency
|
|
1941
|
|
Pearl Harbor is bombed marking the U.S involvement into______
|
|
World War 2
|
|
1942
|
|
Winston ________ flies to Florida
|
|
Churchill
|
|
1943
|
|
Josh Gibson suffers a nervous ______
|
|
Breakdown
|
|
1944
|
|
Flying Ace, Pappy Boyington was shot_____ by Japanese forces
|
|
Down
|
|
1945
|
|
The United States drops nuclear bombs on ______ and Nagasaki effectively ending WW2
|
|
Hiroshima
|
|
1946
|
|
Bikini ____ is evacuated
|
|
Atol
|
|
1947
|
|
A doctrine was made titled with the current president, the ____ Doctrine
|
|
Truman
|
|
1948
|
|
Truman raises _____ for the Marshall Plan
|
|
Taxes
|
|
1949
|
|
Truman coins the term ____ Deal
|
|
Fair
|
|
1950
|
|
The U.S enters the Korean____
|
|
War
|
|
1951
|
|
The 22nd amendment was ratified, limiting a president to only ___ terms
|
|
Two
|
|
1952
|
|
African _____ is released in the U.S
|
|
Queen
|
|
1953
|
|
Truman announces the ________ Bomb
|
|
Hydrogen
|
|
1954
|
|
Segregation in______ was labeled unconstitutional
|
|
Schools
|
|
1955
|
|
The first presidential TV news__________
|
|
Confrence
|
|
1956
|
|
Elvis records Heartbreak_______
|
|
Hotel
|
|
1957
|
|
Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Middle_____
|
|
East
|
|
1958
|
|
The __________ Karamazov premiers
|
|
Brothers
|
|
1959
|
|
Alaska become the __ state
|
|
49th
|
|
1960
|
|
John F. ________ announces he's running for president (big mistake)
|
|
Kennedy
|
|
1961
|
|
The first episode of the Dick Van _____ Show is filmed
|
|
Dyke
|
|
1962
|
|
The Cuban ______Crisis
|
|
Missile
|
|
1963
|
|
John F. Kennedy is Assassinated by
|
|
Lee Harvey Oswald
|
|
1964
|
|
Johnson declares a war on _________
|
|
Poverty
|
|
1965
|
|
The U.S enters the Vietnam___
|
|
War
|
|
1966
|
|
The original ______ show starring Adam West releases
|
|
Batman
|
|
1967
|
|
Wilt Chamberlain makes all 15 field _____ attempts
|
|
Goal
|
|
1968
|
|
Martin Luther King Jr. is shot by
|
|
James Earl Ray
|
|
1969
|
|
The moon______
|
|
Landing
|
|
1970
|
|
The Zapurder ____ is publically released
|
|
Film
|
|
1971
|
|
Charles Liston is found ____ by his wife
|
|
Dead
|
|
1972
|
|
Aretha _______ sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral
|
|
Franklin
|
|
1973
|
|
Michael Burke buys the ________
|
|
Yankees
|
|
1974
|
|
Richard Nixon resigns because of the ________ Scandal
|
|
Watergate
|
|
1975
|
|
Phyllis Diller gets a ____ on the Walk of Fame
|
|
Star
|
|
1976
|
|
The ______ Bell is moved
|
|
Liberty
|
|
1977
|
|
Star _____ releases in theaters
|
|
Wars
|
|
1978
|
|
Harbey Milk becomes the first openly ___person elected to public office in CA
|
|
Gay
|
|
1979
|
|
Carter proposes to make MLK's __________ a federal holiday
|
|
Birthday
|
|
1980
|
|
Frank Sinatra plays in Rio de_______
|
|
Janeiro
|
|
1981
|
|
Muhammad Ali talks a person out of committing _________
|
|
Suicide
|
|
1982
|
|
John Carpenter's The _____ is released
|
|
Thing
|
|
1983
|
|
Reagan ends U.S arms in _________
|
|
Guatemala
|
|
1984
|
|
Van Halen releases an album (same name as the year it came out)
|
|
1984
|
|
1985
|
|
Ronald Reagan goes to _____, Germany sparking the controversy of the same name
|
|
Bitburg
|
|
1986
|
|
New York Islander, Mike Bossy scores his ___th career goals
|
|
500
|
|
1987
|
|
Reagan signs a secret order permitting covert arms sale to ____
|
|
Iran
|
|
1988
|
|
_______-U.S trade agreement
|
|
Canada
|
|
1989
|
|
(My sister made me put this one) Taylor_______ is born
|
|
Swift
|
|
1990
|
|
First________ American NY Mayor
|
|
African
|
|
1991
|
|
The ________ ends
|
|
Cold War
|
|
1992
|
|
Robert Parish registers______ career blocks
|
|
2,000
|
|
1993
|
|
Start II is ______
|
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Signed
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1994
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Malcom _'s daughter is arrested
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X
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1996
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The last The ___ Side comic
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Far
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1996
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38th ______ 500
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Daytona
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1997
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Frank ______ has a heart attack
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Sinatra
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1998
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Clinton gets________
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Impeached
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1999
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Clinton Impeachment _____
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Trial
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2000
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Dan ______ wins his last game
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Marino
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2001
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The ________ are hit by terrorist planes
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Twin Towers
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2002
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No Child Left ______ act
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Behind
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2003
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Jimmy _____ Live! premiers
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Kimmel
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2004
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Casey Kasem gives up hosting American Top __
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40
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2005
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The first African- American woman to become Secretary of _____
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State
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2006
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Kobe Bryant scores __ points in a game
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81
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2007
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Steve Jobs introduces the_____
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iPhone
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2008
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the Financial_____
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Crash
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2009
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Michael Jackson dies of an
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Overdose
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2010
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Simon Cowell leaves American ____
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Idol
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2011
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The killing of Osama ________
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Bin Laden
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2012
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LeBron James becomes the______ player to score 20,00 career points
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Youngest
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2013
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Mike Pence becomes governor of ________
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Indiana
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2014
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First drummer for the band Ramones, _____ Ramone/Erdelyi dies of Bile Duct Cancer
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Tommy
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2015
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Schitt's _____ is created
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Creek
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2016
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LA ______ gas leak
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Methane
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2017
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Obama gives Biden Presidential Medal of _______
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Freedom
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2018
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Lawyers of Trump attempt to stop publication of Fire and ____
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Fury
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2019
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Trump's ____ Office Address
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Oval
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2020
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The COVID-19 ________ takes over the world
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Pandemic
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2021
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Elon Musk becomes the worlds ________ Person
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Richest
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2022
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Russia invades________
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Ukraine
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2023
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Hamas attacks ______
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Israel
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2024
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Donald Trump gets convicted of __ charges
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