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Key Historical Event Quiz No. 1

Posted: 21 Dec 2023 21:06

by Carl

Below are 15 key historical events. Can you name the year the event took place ?

1. Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb

2. US swimmer Mark Spitz wins seven gold medals in the Munich Olympics

3. 18 year old Austrian body-builder Arnold Schwarzeneggar becomes Junior Mr Europe (on his way to Mr World & Mr Universe)

4. Duel, about a motorist terriorised by a truck driver, launches Stephen Spielberg's career as a film director in Hollywood

5. 18 year old pop singer Cliff Richard has his first hit single with Move It

6. US athlete Bob Beamon sets a world long-jump record of 8.9mts that will stand for 23 years

7. The Conservatives under Winston Churchill win the general election

8. Henry Kissinger, previously head of the National Security Council, is appointed US secretary of state

9. France vetoes Britain's entry to the European Common Market

10. Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley's first recording for RCA, goes to the top of all 3 US charts

11. George Lucas writes and directs a science fiction fantasy, Star Wars

12. Concorde, the world's first supersonic airliner, makes its maiden flight

13. School friends Bill Gates & Paul Allen founded a software firm, calling it Microsoft

14. World's first test-tube baby is born in Oldham

15. Commercial television starts with the first ITV broadcast

Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.

Re: Key Historical Event Quiz No. 1

Posted: 22 Dec 2023 06:01

by gail

14. Louise Brown

Re: Key Historical Event Quiz No. 1

Posted: 24 Dec 2023 11:46

by LucindaC

5 1958

Re: Key Historical Event Quiz No. 1

Posted: 28 Dec 2023 21:03

by Carl

ANSWERS

1. Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb 1957

2. US swimmer Mark Spitz wins seven gold medals in the Munich Olympics 1972

3. 18 year old Austrian body-builder Arnold Schwarzeneggar becomes Junior Mr Europe (on his way to Mr World & Mr Universe) 1965

4. Duel, about a motorist terriorised by a truck driver, launches Stephen Spielberg's career as a film director in Hollywood 1971

5. 18 year old pop singer Cliff Richard has his first hit single with Move It 1958

6. US athlete Bob Beamon sets a world long-jump record of 8.9mts that will stand for 23 years 1968

7. The Conservatives under Winston Churchill win the general election 1951

8. Henry Kissinger, previously head of the National Security Council, is appointed US secretary of state 1973

9. France vetoes Britain's entry to the European Common Market 1963

10. Heartbreak Hotel, Elvis Presley's first recording for RCA, goes to the top of all 3 US charts 1956

11. George Lucas writes and directs a science fiction fantasy, Star Wars 1977

12. Concorde, the world's first supersonic airliner, makes its maiden flight 1969

13. School friends Bill Gates & Paul Allen founded a software firm, calling it Microsoft 1975

14. World's first test-tube baby is born in Oldham 1978

15. Commercial television starts with the first ITV broadcast 1953