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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1920
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Alcohol is forbidden in the US. What is this period called?
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Prohibition
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1921
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This physicist gets the Nobel Prize.
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Albert Einstein
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1922
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The March on Rome starts this man's rule.
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Benito Mussolini
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1923
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founds this country.
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Turkey
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1924
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This leader of the largest superpower (by area) dies.
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Vladimir Lenin
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1925
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The Iran gets a new Shah.
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Reza Shah Pahlavi
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1926
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Gertrude Ederle is the first woman to swim over this strait.
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English Channel
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1927
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This Georgian becomes dictator.
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Joseph Stalin
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1928
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This man is crowned King in Kyoto.
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Hirohito
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1929
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The Great Depression starts through the ...
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Wall Street Crash
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1930
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This man initiates the Salt March
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Mohandas Gandhi
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1931
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Japan invades this region of China.
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Manchuria
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1932
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These two countries fought over Chaco Boreal, South America
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Bolivia
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Paraguay
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1933
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The New Deal is initiated by ...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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1934
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A member of the Ustaše kills King ... of Yugoslavia.
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Alexander
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1935
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Laws of race are made in this German city.
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Nuremberg
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1936
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This military general starts a civil war and becomes facist dictator
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Francisco Franco
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1937
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LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire. What was it?
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a Zeppelin
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1938
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The annexation of Austria through the Nazis goes by the name ...
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Anschluss
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1939
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Both Germany and the USSR invaded this country.
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Poland
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1940
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The United Kingdom gets a new PM. Whom?
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Winston Churchill
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1941
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What was the operation called, that broke the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact?
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Barbarossa
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1942
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Name the "Big Four" who signed the United Nations Declaration
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Republic of China
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Soviet Union
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United Kingdom
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United States
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1943
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In which city's ghetto did the largest Jewish uprising happen?
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Warsaw
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1944
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The Allies arrive in Normandy. How is this event called?
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D-Day
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1945
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Where were the A-Bombs dropped?
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Hiroshima
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Nagasaki
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1946
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Hermann Göring was sentenced to death, but took ... to avoid execution.
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Cyanide
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1947
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These two countries declared independence within a day of each other.
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India
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Pakistan
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1948
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Parts of this city were supplied by plane for eleven months.
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Berlin
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1949
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Which Organisation is founded by western countries?
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NATO
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1950
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The inhabitants of this formerly united country call this war "625".
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Korean War
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1951
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The Treaty of San Francisco re-established ...'s peace with the Allies.
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Japan
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1952
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Army officers overthrew King Farouk. In which country did this happen?
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Egypt
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1953
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The dictator Fulgencio Batista is overthrown by ...
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Fidel Castro
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1954
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The European Nuclear Organisation is founded. You know it as ...
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CERN
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1955
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Name the herbicide used to murder Vietnamese people.
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Agent Orange
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1956
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This country invades Gaza and Sinai.
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Israel
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1957
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What is the name of the first satellite?
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Sputnik 1
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1958
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There is a new Pope. What is he called?
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John XXIII
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1959
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The US gets two new states. Which?
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Alaska
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Hawaii
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1960
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This US spy is shot down in his Lockhead over the Soviet Union
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Francis Gary Powers
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1961
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The first man in space was ...
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Yuri Gagarin
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1962
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This almost leades to an atomic war.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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1963
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Martin Luther King Jr. holds a speech in front of the ...
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Lincoln Memorial
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1964
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In this sea North Vietnam supposedly attacked a US battleship.
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Gulf of Tonkin
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1965
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This human rights activist was murdered.
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Malcolm X
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1966
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Mao Zedong publishes the ...
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Red Book
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1967
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The Six Day War is led by Israel against these countries.
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Egypt
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Jordan
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Syria
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1968
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The Tet Offensive is led by the ...
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Viet Cong
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1969
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Name the Astronauts went into the Moon's orbit.
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Buzz Aldrin
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Neil Armstrong
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Michael Collins
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1970
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This famous band splits up.
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Beatles
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1971
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This environmental NGO is founded.
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Greenpeace
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1972
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This building was bugged by Nixon's employees.
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Watergate
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1973
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On which Jewish feast did Syria and Egypt invade the Golan Heights?
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Yom Kippur
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1974
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Where was the Terracotta Army found?
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Xi'an
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1975
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After the end of fascism in Spain this ruler is put in power.
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King Juan Carlos
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1976
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The Soweto Uprising is a demonstration against ...
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Apartheid
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1977
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The most famous science fiction movie series starts. Name?
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Star Wars
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1978
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The Pope dies, what are his successors called. One ruled for 33 days.
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John Paul I
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John Paul II
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1979
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After the Shah flees, he becomes leader of Iran. Who is he?
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Ruhollah Khomeini
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1980
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What are the belligerents of the war on the Persian Gulf?
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Iran
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Iraq
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1981
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The first ... is sent into space. It has two white and one brown rocket.
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Space Shuttle
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1982
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Argentina and the United Kingdom fight over this region.
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Falkland Islands
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1983
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The first of these is found. There is one at the center of every galaxy.
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Black Hole
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1984
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The Indian Prime Minister is murdered. What was her name?
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Indira Gandhi
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1985
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The Live Aid concert is held to help this country.
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Ethiopia
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1986
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A nuclear accident happens in the Ukrainian power plant of ...
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Chernobyl
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1987
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Zimbabwe gets a new President. Whom?
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Robert Mugabe
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1988
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The founder of Ferrari dies. What was he called?
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Enzo Ferrari
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1989
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This separation is toppled.
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Berlin Wall
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1990
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The Baltic states declare independence from the USSR. Name them.
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Estonia
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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1991
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These 3 countries became independent from Yugoslavia pretty peacefully.
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Croatia
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North Macedonia
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Slovenia
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1992
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The USA vote a new president. Whom?
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Bill Clinton
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1993
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Which New York City building's underground parking lot was bombed?
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World Trade Center
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1994
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The Hutu slaughtered Tutsi and Twa. What was this called?
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Rwandan Genocide
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1995
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Of which war was the Srebrenica massacre a part of?
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Bosnian War
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1996
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Jacques Chirac got the Ig Nobel for testing A-bombs. He was president of ...
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France
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1997
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The Princess of Wales dies in a car crash. What was her name?
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Diana
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1998
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The former leader of Kampuchea/Cambodia dies. What was his name?
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Pol Pot
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1999
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Operation Allied Force was a part of the ...
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Kosovo War
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2000
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The Øresund Bridge is built. It connects two cities. Which?
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Copenhagen
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Malmö
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2001
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9/11 occurs. Which terrorist organisation did it?
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Al-Qaeda
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2002
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Europe gets a uniform currency. What's it called?
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Euro
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2003
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The current Turkish president is voted prime minister. What is his name?
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
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2004
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The EU gains many new countries. Name one.
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Hungary, Poland,...
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2005
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Germany votes their first female chancellor. What's her name?
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Angela Merkel
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2006
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The Hezbollah and Israel fight against each other in this country.
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Lebanon
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2007
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It's the 300th birthday of the mathematician who found "e"
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Leonhard Euler
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2008
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This former province of Serbia is the last to split from former Yugoslavia.
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Kosovo
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2009
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He is the first African American president of the USA.
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Barack Obama
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2010
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You knew you were going to have to write it some day! Icelandic volcano:
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Eyjafjallajökull
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2011
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Through a tsunami and lack of grasp of the situation, ... melts down. [source] |
Fukushima
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2012
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France gets a new president. What is his name?
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François Hollande
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2013
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This virus epidemic breaks out in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Ebola
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2014
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Russia annexes these two regions, which are on the same peninsula.
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Crimea
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Sevastopol
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2015
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Which object in our solar system was first reached by "New Horizons"?
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Pluto
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2016
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Massacres happen in Myanmar and State Counsellor ... did not react.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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2017
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Separatist groups in this region of Spain seek independence.
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Catalonia
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2018
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The protestors in France called themselves ...
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Yellow Vests
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2019
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Austrian right-wing politicians show willingness to corruption on this island.
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Ibiza
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2020
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This pandemic defines our lives.
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COVID-19
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2. I wouldn't say Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia pretty peacefully, as war against Serbs lasted until 1995.
3. That big brown thing under a space shuttle wasn't a rocket, but an external fuel tank.