Decades of the 1900s - Click Quiz

For each given event, name the decade within the 20th century in which it happened.
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Apollo 11 lands on the Moon
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 in outer space
Fidel Castro sparks an uprising in Cuba
President Kennedy is assassinated
Yugoslavia dissolves
The Tiananmen Square Massacre commences
Hiroshima and Nagasaki are struck by atomic bombs
The October Revolution is sparked in Russia
The European Union is established
Charles Lindbergh flies solo from New York City to Paris
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for his first term
Construction of the Panama Canal begins
The Great Depression commences
A 7.8 earthquake hits San Francisco
The United Nations is founded
The Titanic sinks
The Wright Brothers take their first flight
The 19th Amendment is ratified
The Korean War "ends"
The Vietnam War ends
The first Earth Day is celebrated
Germany invades Poland, starting WWII
MLK delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech
The Midwest is struck by the Dust Bowl
The Apartheid ends
The Berlin Wall falls
India gains independence from Britain
WWI officially begins
Black September kills 12 victims in the Munich Olympics
Chernobyl experiences a nuclear disaster
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Jun 26, 2025
oh, nice quiz!
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Great quiz!