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This social networking site launched in 2004 from Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard dorm room.
What is Facebook?
This sitcom followed six friends living in New York City and featured the coffee shop Central Perk.
What is Friends?
This pop superstar released the album Thriller in 1982.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This disco group recorded 'Stayin' Alive,' featured on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
Who are the Bee Gees?
This British band, known for songs such as 'Hey Jude' and 'Let It Be,' became a global sensation during the 1960s.
Who are The Beatles?
In 2009, this pop star famously interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Who is Kanye West?
This 1997 blockbuster starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet became one of the highest-grossing films of the decade.
What is Titanic?
In this 1985 film, Marty McFly travels through time in a DeLorean built by Doc Brown.
What is Back to the Future?
This 1977 science-fiction film introduced audiences to Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Darth Vader.
What is Star Wars?
This civil rights leader delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This HBO crime drama about Tony Soprano concluded in 2007 with a famously ambiguous final scene.
What is The Sopranos?
This girl group released the hit song 'Wannabe' in 1996.
Who are the Spice Girls?
This 1984 Apple computer commercial, directed by Ridley Scott, aired during the Super Bowl and referenced George Orwell's novel.
What is the Macintosh commercial?
This television variety show, which debuted in 1975, launched the careers of comedians such as John Belushi and Gilda Radner.
What is Saturday Night Live?
This 1969 music festival in upstate New York became a defining event of the counterculture movement.
What is Woodstock?
In 2008, this Illinois senator defeated John McCain to become the first Black president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This U.S. president was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1998 but acquitted by the Senate in 1999.
Who is Bill Clinton?
This U.S. president famously challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down a wall in Berlin in 1987.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This U.S. president resigned in August 1974 amid the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This president announced in March 1968 that he would not seek reelection, amid the Vietnam War and growing political divisions.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This 2002 federal law, named for two senators, overhauled corporate accounting regulations following scandals at Enron and WorldCom.
What is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
This 1994 trade agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico eliminated many trade barriers among the three countries.
What is NAFTA?
This 1986 congressional law provided legal status to certain undocumented immigrants who met specific requirements, including continuous residence in the United States.
What is the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986?
This 1973 Supreme Court decision recognized a constitutional right to abortion; it was overturned in 2022.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This 1965 federal law prohibited racial discrimination in voting and targeted practices such as literacy tests.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?