Can you name the Best Picture winners by a random historical event that happened in that year?

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  • The year is the year the film was released, not the year of the Academy Awards.
  • Answers are in chronological order.
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Bonnie and Clyde killed by police
King Edward VIII abdicates
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
NATO established
Princess Elizabeth becomes queen of UK
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus
Escape from Alcatraz prison
Malcolm X assassinated
Neil Armstrong becomes first man on moon
Munich Olympics massacre
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John Paul II becomes Pope
Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister of UK
Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to US Supreme Court
Berlin Wall falls
Soviet Union collapses
Princess Diana dies in car crash
Killing spree at Columbine high school
Earthquake meausuring 9.3 on Richter Scale hits Indian Ocean
Barack Obama elected as first African-American president of US
US declares end to the Iraq War
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Best Picture Winners by Historical Event Quiz

  1. by Spacemaniac
  • Created Feb 16, 2013 in Movies
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