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Year
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Question
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Answer
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1952
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This Canadian state broadcaster begins transmitting
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CBC
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1953
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This infamous Soviet leader suffers a stroke and dies
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Joseph Stalin
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The United States Supreme Court rules that this educational practice is unconstitutional
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Segregated schools
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1955
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat for a white passenger in this Alabama city
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Montgomery
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1956
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This artist enters the United States music charts for the first time
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Elvis Presley
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1957
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UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns after a disastrous mishandling of the crisis in this Egyptian canal
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Suez Canal
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1958
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This former general is elected President of France
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Charles de Gaulle
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1959
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Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper are killed in a plane crash, an event later referred to as this by singer Don McLean
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The Day The Music Died
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1960
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Multiple African colonies gain independence from the United Kingdom, as well as this Mediterranean island
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Cyprus
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1961
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This man becomes the first human to visit space, orbiting the planet once
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Yuri Gagarin
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1962
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This actress is found dead from an overdose, with the incident officially ruled a probable suicide
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Marilyn Monroe
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1963
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This popular science fiction show debuts for the first time, one day after President Kennedy's assassination
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Doctor Who
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1964
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The Beatles top the charts in the United States for the first time, leading to this cultural phenomenon
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Beatlemania
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1965
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This former British Prime Minister dies, aged 90
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Winston Churchill
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1966
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England hosts and wins this sporting tournament, for the first and only time
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FIFA World Cup
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1967
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This Australian Prime Minister disappears whilst swimming at Cheviot Beach
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Harold Holt
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1968
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In the same month that Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated, British politician Enoch Powell makes this infamous speech in Birmingham, UK
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Rivers of Blood
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1969
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This NASA program successfully lands a manned spacecraft on the moon for the first time ever
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Apollo
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1970
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This African nation severs its remaining ties to the United Kingdom, becoming an unrecognized republic
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Rhodesia
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1971
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The first location of this popular coffee shop chain opens in Seattle, Washington
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Starbucks
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1972
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British troops fire on unarmed civilians in Derry, Northern Ireland, in an event known as this
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Bloody Sunday
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1973
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This performing arts venue is opened by Queen Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction
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Sydney Opera House
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1974
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US President Richard Nixon resigns following pressure in the wake of this government scandal
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Watergate
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1975
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The Vietnam War ends with the capture of this city, now known as Ho Chi Minh City
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Saigon
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1976
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This freestanding structure opens in Toronto, Canada, the tallest at the time
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CN Tower
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1977
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This landmark science fiction film is released in cinemas, instantly becoming a hit
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Star Wars
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1978
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John Paul I dies after only 33 days as Pope, leading to the first instance of this since 1605
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Year of Three Popes
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1979
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Lord Mountbatten of Burma is assassinated in Ireland by this paramilitary group
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IRA
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1980
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This stratovolcano in Washington state erupts, killing 57 people
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Mount St. Helens
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1981
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This popular video game character makes his first appearance
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Mario
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1982
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Argentina and the United Kingdom go to war over these islands in the south Atlantic ocean
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Falkland Islands
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1983
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The final episode of this American war dramedy airs
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M*A*S*H*
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1984
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This now-common device is first available for consumer purchase
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Mobile phone
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1985
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This soda drink changes its formula to overwhelmingly negative response
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Coca Cola
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1986
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The Space Shuttle program is put on hiatus after this disaster
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Challenger disaster
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1987
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The first appearance of this cartoon airs on The Tracey Ullman Show
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The Simpsons
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1988
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This infamous terrorist group is founded
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Al-Qaeda
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1989
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Protests break out in this Beijing city square
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Tiananmen Square
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1990
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This long-standing British Prime Minister resigns after a leadership challenge
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Margaret Thatcher
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1991
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Invented in the previous two years by Tim Berners-Lee, this creation is released to the public for the first time
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World Wide Web
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1992
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This Irish singer-songwriter protests the Catholic Church's coverup of sex abuse by ripping up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live
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Sinead O'Connor
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1993
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This former nation ceases to exist, splitting into two sovereign states
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Czechoslovakia
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1994
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The final vestige of apartheid in South Africa is ended upon the election of this president
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Nelson Mandela
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1995
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This Canadian province narrowly votes against becoming independent
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Quebec
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1996
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In Scotland, this sheep is the first to be successfully cloned from an adult cell
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Dolly the Sheep
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1997
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Princess Diana is killed in a car crash in this European capital city
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Paris
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1998
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This landmark Irish peace agreement is signed and voted in favour of by citizens of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
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Good Friday Agreement
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1999
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Bill Clinton is acquitted by a Senate impeachment trial, held in the wake of a scandal in which it was discovered he had lied about having an affair with this White House intern
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Monica Lewinsky
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2000
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A massive effort the previous year to update computer systems mean this 'end of the world' conspiracy theory doesn't come to pass
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Y2K
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2001
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George W. Bush declares a "war" on this, following the September 11th terrorist attacks
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War on Terror
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2002
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This European nation joins the United Nations, after rejecting a place in 1986
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Switzerland
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2003
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The US invasion of Iraq leads to the capture of this leader in December
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Saddam Hussein
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2004
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This social networking website is launched for Harvard University students
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Facebook
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2005
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The first ever video on this popular website is uploaded
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YouTube
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2006
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This video game console is released by Nintendo
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Wii
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2007
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Steve Jobs reveals this product at an event in San Francisco
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iPhone
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2008
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The Great Recession is triggered by a collapse of the housing bubble, primarily due to this mortgage type
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Subprime mortgages
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2009
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This film is released, eventually becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time
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Avatar
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2010
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The Winter Olympics are held in this Canadian city
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Vancouver
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2011
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This Libyan leader is overthrown and killed as part of the "Arab Spring" protests
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Muammar Gaddafi
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2012
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CERN announces the discovery of this particle through collisions in the Large Hadron Collider
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Higgs boson
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2013
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This Pope is elected upon the resignation of Benedict XVI
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Pope Francis
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2014
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An outbreak of this virus begins in West Africa
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Ebola
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2015
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The first detailed photos of this dwarf planet are taken by the NASA New Horizons space probe
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Pluto
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2016
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David Cameron announces his resignation as Prime Minister after the United Kingdom votes to exit this economic union.
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European Union
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2017
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This region of Spain declares independence following a referendum, but is not recognized by any nation
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Catalonia
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2018
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Women in Saudi Arabia gain the right to do this
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Drive
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2019
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Taiwan is the first country in Asia to legalize this
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Gay marriage
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2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic impacts the American Presidential election, leading to a large amount of these ballots
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Mail-in ballots
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2021
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This militant group regains power in Afghanistan
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Taliban
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2022
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This former world leader is assassinated during a campaign stop in Japan
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Shinzo Abe
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1954) Segregation
1984) Mobile telephones
2020) Postal votes
1) apple phone
2) the program is called Apollo, the craft that landed is number 11, the question asked for the program
3) the question asked for the mammal not her name.
When you ask what mammal was cloned, the answer is sheep. You didn't ask for the name.
Good Friday should be good enough for the Good Friday Agreement.
Higgs should be good enough for Higgs boson.
Zimbabwe should work for Rhodesia.