Can you name the top 75 news stories of the 20th century?

created by Dirky
  • Enter a news story in the box below
  • Correctly named stories will show up below
  • Answers do not have to be guessed in order
  • Source: NEWSEUM
  • Please leave comments about wording/phrasing. This is one of my first quizzes and I think I did a pretty good job, but suggestions are much appreciated.
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YearStoryLocation
1945Japan
1941Hawaii, USA
1969Outer space/United States
1903North Carolina, USA
1963Texas, USA
1928United Kingdom
1920United States
1929United States
1953United States
1953United Kingdom
1945Poland et al
1915Switzerland
1912Atlantic Ocean
1913Michigan, USA
1914Austria-Hungary
1989Germany
1959Texas, USA
1981United States
1927Atlantic Ocean/United States
1901Atlantic Ocean/Italy
1991USSR
1989Switzerland
1944France
1945United States
1946Pennsylvania, USA
YearStoryLocation
1973United States
1939United States
1909New York, USA
1960United States
1954Kansas/Washington D.C., USA
1998Washington D.C., USA
1948New Jersey, USA
1968Tennessee, USA
1964United States
1917France
1917Russia
1909United States
1963Washington D.C., USA
1974United States
1914Panama
1939Poland
1933United States
1986Florida, USA
1961Outer space/United States
1962United States
1945California, USA
1997Scotland
1957Outer space/USSR
1918France
1961Outer space/USSR
YearStoryLocation
1948Israel
1941United States
1945New Mexico, USA
1968California, USA
1933Germany
1918Worldwide
1962Outer space/United States
1975Washington State, USA
1947New York, USA
1973Vietnam
1900Germany
1942New York, USA
1956United States
1945United States
1965Vietnam
1920India
1978United Kingdom
1962Cuba
1906California, USA
1993South Africa
1977California, USA
1964United States
1955Alabama, USA
1925Tennessee/Washington D.C., USA
1939Germany
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Top News Stories of the 20th Century Quiz

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  • Created Mar 5, 2010 in History
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