| Event | Decade |
|---|
| The Matrix released in theaters (90 or 00) | |
| D. B. Cooper hijacks Northwest Orient flight 305 (60 or 70) | |
| Space shuttle Challenger explodes (80, 90, or 00) | |
| Facebook created (90 or 00) | |
| Panama takes control of the Panama Canal (90 or 00) | |
| Iran Air Flight 655 shot down by US warship (70 or 80) | |
| Jamaican national bobsled team's first Olympic appearance (80 or 90) | |
| Passenger pigeon goes extinct (00 or 10) | |
| USS Cole attacked in Yemen (90 or 00) | |
| Instagram launched (00 or 10) | |
| Tulsa race riot (10 or 20) | |
| Queen Elizabeth II crowned (40 or 50) | |
| First four-minute mile (40 or 50) | |
| The Titanic sinks (10 or 20) | |
| Miracle on Ice (70 or 80) | |
| Final episode of M*A*S*H (70 or 80) | |
| Ronald Reagan shot (70 or 80) | |
| First known AIDS death in the US (70 or 80) | |
| First man in space (50 or 60) | |
| Marshall University football team plane crash (60 or 70) | |
| Kyrgyzstan becomes independent country (80 or 90) | |
| First Garfield comic published (70 or 80) | |
| Hawaii becomes a state (50 or 60) | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy published (70 or 80) | |
| Scientology founded (40 or 50) | |
| India becomes independent from the United Kingdom (40 or 50) | |
| Release date of Arnold Schwarzenegger's first movie (60 or 70) | |
| First man walks on the moon (60 or 70) | |
| Terrorists led by Ramzi Yousef attack the World Trade Center (90 or 00) | |
| Rodney King beat by police (80 or 90) | |
| World War I ends (10 or 20) | |
| Canadian dollar bill discontinued (80 or 90) | |
| Wheel of Fortune debuts (70 or 80) | |
| Brazil wins its first World Cup (50 or 60) | |
| Pol Pot comes to power (60 or 70) | |
| Soviet Union established (10 or 20) | |
| The first Super Bowl is played (50 or 60) | |
| Chicago White Sox throw the World Series (10 or 20) | |
| Robert Mugabe becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (70 or 80) | |
| World War II begins (30 or 40) | |
| World War II begins (30 or 40) | |
| The Matrix released in theaters (90 or 00) | |
| Ronald Reagan shot (70 or 80) | |
| First known AIDS death in the US (70 or 80) | |
| Pol Pot comes to power (60 or 70) | |
| Soviet Union established (10 or 20) | |
| First man walks on the moon (60 or 70) | |
| First man in space (50 or 60) | |
| Kyrgyzstan becomes independent country (80 or 90) | |
| Facebook created (90 or 00) | |
| Wheel of Fortune debuts (70 or 80) | |
| The Titanic sinks (10 or 20) | |
| The first Super Bowl is played (50 or 60) | |
| Terrorists led by Ramzi Yousef attack the World Trade Center (90 or 00) | |
| USS Cole attacked in Yemen (90 or 00) | |
| Iran Air Flight 655 shot down by US warship (70 or 80) | |
| D. B. Cooper hijacks Northwest Orient flight 305 (60 or 70) | |
| Brazil wins its first World Cup (50 or 60) | |
| Scientology founded (40 or 50) | |
| Robert Mugabe becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (70 or 80) | |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy published (70 or 80) | |
| Instagram launched (00 or 10) | |
| Tulsa race riot (10 or 20) | |
| Chicago White Sox throw the World Series (10 or 20) | |
| Rodney King beat by police (80 or 90) | |
| India becomes independent from the United Kingdom (40 or 50) | |
| Space shuttle Challenger explodes (80, 90, or 00) | |
| Passenger pigeon goes extinct (00 or 10) | |
| Hawaii becomes a state (50 or 60) | |
| Panama takes control of the Panama Canal (90 or 00) | |
| Queen Elizabeth II crowned (40 or 50) | |
| Canadian dollar bill discontinued (80 or 90) | |
| Final episode of M*A*S*H (70 or 80) | |
| Miracle on Ice (70 or 80) | |
| First four-minute mile (40 or 50) | |
| Marshall University football team plane crash (60 or 70) | |
| World War I ends (10 or 20) | |
| Release date of Arnold Schwarzenegger's first movie (60 or 70) | |
| First Garfield comic published (70 or 80) | |
| Jamaican national bobsled team's first Olympic appearance (80 or 90) | |
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