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Can you identify the correct year for each of these 20th century events?
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Last updated: April 23, 2024
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Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years
Indira Gandhi's third term as Prime Minister of India finishes
Alcock and Brown make the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Hirohito is born, the 124th Emperor of Japan
The first human-to-human heart transplant takes place
Woodrow Wilson is elected as President of the USA
Pan Am Flight 103 crashes on Lockerbie in Scotland
The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, is launched
The Beatles play live at New York's Shea Stadium
Marconi sends the first radio transmission from the USA to Britain
Queen Elizabeth II becomes the UK's monarch
'Casablanca', starring Humphrey Bogart, is released
The Battle of Britain is fought over the skies of England
Albert Einstein dies
156 years of British rule in Hong Kong comes to an end
Pablo Picasso paints 'Guernica'
The Wall Street Crash occurs and the Great Depression begins
Construction of the Sydney Opera House is completed
Howard Carter discovers the tomb of Tutankhamun
Mao Zedong becomes leader of the Chinese Communist Party
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Level 97
Apr 23, 2024
Fun quiz! I kept retrying it to get 20/20.