20th Century Dates

Quiz

Start of World War I
Tiananmen Square massacre
End of World War II
Challenger space shuttle disaster
Richard Nixon resigns
Martin Luther King assassinated

First football World Cup
Death of Queen Victoria
Cuban missile crisis
Russian Revolution began
Margaret Thatcher becomes first UK female Prime Minister
Nelson Mandela released from prison
Chernobyl nuclear disaster
First man on the Moon
September 11 attacks
Iraq invades Kuwait
Jesse Owens Olympics
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
The Titanic sinks
Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
Woodstock
Iranian revolution and year the Shah leaves Iran for exile
Falklands War
Death of Sir Winston Churchill
O.J. Simpson trial
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Attack on Pearl Harbor
First airplane flight
End of Vietnam War
Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Answers:

1914 - Start of World War I
1989 - Tiananmen Square massacre
1945 - End of World War II
1986 - Challenger space shuttle disaster
1974 - Richard Nixon resigns
1968 - Martin Luther King assassinated
1930 - First football World Cup
1901 - Death of Queen Victoria
1962 - Cuban missile crisis
1917 - Russian Revolution began
1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes first UK female Prime Minister
1990 - Nelson Mandela released from prison
1986 - Chernobyl nuclear disaster
1969 - First man on the Moon
2001 - September 11 attacks
1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait
1936 - Jesse Owens Olympics
1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
1912 - The Titanic sinks
1997 - Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
1969 - Woodstock
1979 - Iranian revolution and year the Shah leaves Iran for exile
1982 - Falklands War
1965 - Death of Sir Winston Churchill

1995 - O.J. Simpson trial
1989 - Fall of the Berlin Wall
1941 - Attack on Pearl Harbor
1903 - First airplane flight
1975 - End of Vietnam War
1963 - Assassination of John F. Kennedy