Years of the 20th Century that these events took place Quiz by wiggytitch

Event	Year
Prohibition begins in the United States.
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite.
J.R.R Tolkien dies.
Harry Houdini dies of a ruptured appendix.
French engineer Louis Réard invents the bikini.
Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day.
Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years behind bars.
The League of Nations is founded in Paris.
US President Richard Nixon resigns following the Watergate Scandal.
Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic.
Meher Baba begins his 44 year silence.
George V ascends to the throne of the United Kingdom.
Henry Ford produces his first Model T automobile.
The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency.
Kyrgyzstan gains independence.
Tony Blair becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Roger Bannister runs the first four-minute mile.
The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made.
Emily Davison, a British suffragette, runs out in front of the King's horse and is killed.
The Easter Rising occurs in Ireland.
George Orwell's book Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
The first issue of The Beano is published.
The Russian Revolution destroys the Tsarist government.
The original King Kong film is released.
The Khmer Rouge sieze power in Cambodia.
'Heartbreak Hotel' becomes Elvis Presley's first number one single.
Robert Baden-Powell leads the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, England.
Mickey Mouse appears in Steamboat Willie.
India and Pakistan gain independence from the British Empire.
'I Want to Hold Your Hand' becomes The Beatles' first US #1 single.
Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
The Nintendo 64 video game system is released in Japan and North America.
Eleven Israeli athletes are shot dead at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich.
Regular hovercraft service begins over the English Channel.

Event	Year
Mohandas Gandhi is assassinated.
NASA releases the famous Face on Mars photo, taken by Viking 1.
Apache leader Geronimo dies.
Disney's The Jungle Book is released.
The rock band Led Zeppelin forms.
The first resident crew enters the International Space Station.
After 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo de Vinci’s The Last Supper is placed back on display in Milan.
Margaret Thatcher becomes the UK's first female prime minister.
Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister for the first time.
Construction of the Empire State Building is completed in New York City.
The United Nations is formed.
Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
The Siege of Sarajevo begins.
The Korean War begins.
US President Ronald Reagan challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall.'
The Summer Olympic Games are held in Los Angeles for the second time.
Spain and Portugal join the European Union.
The Falklands War between Argentina and the UK.
The Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels of oil after running aground.
John Paul I succeeds Pope Paul VI as the 263rd Pope. He dies 33 days later.
Beatrix Potter dies.
Albert Einstein dies aged 76.
Microsoft releases Windows 2.1.
The first underground line of the New York City Subway opens.
The Nazi concentration camp Treblinka II opens. Around 850,000 people are killed.
Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 breaks apart and collides with Jupiter.
The RMS Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage.
Bob Hawke is elected Prime Minister of Australia.
The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour.
'Titanic' wins 11 Academy Awards, equalling the record set by Ben-Hur.
Jimi Hendrix dies in London of drug related complications.
The Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed.
Chelsea FC is founded.
Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany.

Event	Year
The Wall Street Crash leads to the Great Depression.
The Buffalo Bills become the first team to lose 3 consecutive Super Bowls.
Brazil wins its first FIFA World Cup in Sweden.
eBay is founded.
US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as US President.
Persia is renamed Iran.
John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath is first published.
World War I begins.
The most powerful earthquake on record strikes Chile.
The Spanish Civil War begins.
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are the first to summit Mt. Everest
The Spanish Flu becomes pandemic.
Hawaii is admitted as the 50th US State.
Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
The first Winter Olympic Games are held in Chamonix, France.
The British Broadcasting Corporation is granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation.
Dr. No, the first James Bond film, premieres.
The first issue of Time Magazine is published.
Canada adopts its current national flag.
Apple Computer Inc. is incorporated.
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.
John Lennon is assassinated in New York.
Roald Amundsen beats Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole by 35 days.
Edward VII is crowned King of the United Kingdom.
'Video Killed the Radio Star' is the first video shown on MTV.
Queen Victoria dies after almost 64 years on the throne.
I Love Lucy makes its television debut.
The RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes San Francisco.
Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
The Japanese Navy launches a surprise attack on the US at Pearl Harbor.

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