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20th Century Events

Test your knowledge of major 20th century events. Wars, space race, and world-changing moments.

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Question 1easy

In what year did World War I begin?

Question 2easy

In what year did World War II end?

Question 3easy

In what year did the first humans land on the Moon?

Question 4easy

In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

Question 5easy

In what year did the Titanic sink?

Question 6easy

In what year did World War II begin (with Germany's invasion of Poland)?

Question 7easy

In what year did women gain the right to vote in the United States?

Question 8medium

In what year did the Soviet Union launch Sputnik, the first artificial satellite?

Question 9medium

In what year did the stock market crash that led to the Great Depression?

Question 10medium

In what year did India gain independence from British rule?

Question 11medium

In what year did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?

Question 12medium

In what year did Nelson Mandela become President of South Africa?

Question 13medium

In what year did the Soviet Union dissolve?

Question 14medium

In what year did the first successful heart transplant take place?

Question 15medium

In what year did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

Question 16medium

In what year did World War I end?

Question 17medium

In what year did the first commercial jet airline service begin (BOAC)?

Question 18medium

In what year did the Vietnam War end (fall of Saigon)?

Question 19hard

In what year did the first successful kidney transplant take place?

Question 20hard

In what year did the first Earth Day take place?

Question 21hard

In what year did the first commercial radio station (KDKA) begin broadcasting?

Question 22hard

In what year did the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) orbit Earth?

Question 23hard

In what year did the first human (Yuri Gagarin) orbit Earth?

Question 24hard

In what year did the Watergate break-in occur?

Question 25hard

In what year did the first test-tube baby (Louise Brown) be born?

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