Major 20th Century events by year - 4 Quiz - By rockgolf
Major 20th Century events by year - 4
Can you name the year in which these major 20th century events took place? More Info
By rockgolf
| Headline | Year |
|---|---|
| Albert Einstein presents special theory of relativity: general relativity theory to follow | |
| Alexander Fleming discovers the first antibiotic, penicillin | |
| American scientists patent the computer chip | |
| Berlin Wall falls as East Germany lifts travel restrictions | |
| China begins 'Great Leap Forward' modernization program: estimated 20 million die in ensuing famine | |
| Civil rights leader Martin Luther King assassinated in Memphis, Tenn | |
| Congress passes Voting Rights Act, outlawing measures used to suppress minority votes | |
| Cuban Missile Crisis threatens World War III | |
| First mass market personal computers launched | |
| Horrors of Nazi Holocaust, concentration camps exposed | |
| Japan bombs Pearl Harbor: United States enters World War II | |
| John Glenn becomes first American to orbit the earth | |
| Louise Brown, first 'test-tube baby,' born healthy | |
| Mohandas Gandhi begins leading nonviolent reform movement in India | |
| Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott begins after Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white person | |
| North Vietnamese boats reportedly attack U.S. ships: Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin resolution | |
| Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy assassinated in California | |
| Poland invaded by Germany: World War II begins in Europe | |
| Regular TV broadcasting begins in the United States | |
| Scientists clone sheep in Great Britain | |
| Teacher John Scopes' trial pits creation against evolution in Tennessee | |
| The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes killing crew including school teacher Christa McAuliffe | |
| Watergate scandal engulfs Nixon administration | |
| Vietnam united as North Vietnamese forces take over Saigon | |
| World War I ends with Germany's defeat |
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