1970's
This famous music group released their final album titled, "Let It Be", on May 8th,1970.
Who were The Beatles?
On November 9th, 1989, this wall fell down.
What is The Berlin Wall?
On April 24th, 1990, this telescope was launched into space.
What is The Hubble Telescope?
What is Iraq?
On April 3rd, 2010, Apple launched this product.
What is the iPad?
Horrific war that prompted a United States Military Draft and ended on April 30th, 1975
What is The Vietnam War?
On May 18th, 1980, this stratovolcano erupted in Washington state killing 57 people.
What is Mount Saint Helens?
On June 26th, 1997, the first book of this popular fantasy series was originally published.
What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
Harvard university student Mark Zuckerberg founded this social media company in February 2004.
What is Facebook?
On November 2nd, 2016, this baseball team won their first World Series since 1908.
Who are the Chicago Cubs?
In 1973, this tower opened and surpassed the World Trade Center as the tallest building in the world
What was (originally called) The Sears Tower?
On January 28th, 1986, this space shuttle exploded shortly after lift-off.
What was the Space Shuttle Challenger?
On August 10th, 1993, this woman joined The Supreme Court.
Who is Ruth Bader Ginsburg?
On December 30th, 2006, the fifth President of Iraq was executed.
Who was Saddam Hussein?
On June 20th, 2015 full diplomatic relations are reestablished between the United States and this country for the first time in fifty-four years.
What is Cuba?
In 1972, this president became the first U.S. President to ever visit China.
Who was Richard Nixon?
In 1980 this still popular toy debuted at the International Toy Fair.
What is a Rubik's Cube?
On May 10th, 1994, this man became the President of South Africa after being elected in the country's first multi-racial elections.
Who was Nelson Mandela?
In January 2003, flooding in this country kills hundreds and displaces more than a million people.
What is Mozambique?
On November 6th, 2012, President Barack Obama wins a significant victory, 332 electoral votes to 206, for his second term in office against this Republican challenger.
Who is Mitt Romney?
Cicely Tyson and Maya Angelou star in this television miniseries series that premiered in January 1977, and attracted a record number of viewers.
What is Roots?
On February 28th, 1983, this popular show ended after 251 episodes.
What is M*A*S*H?
On April 7th 1994, the Hutu and Tutsi began fighting which caused this horrific event.
What was the Rwandan Genocide?
On January 22nd, 2009, Barack Obama ordered the closure of this detention camp and banned the use of controversial CIA interrogation techniques.
What was Guantánamo Bay?
On June 1st, 2017, the United States withdrew from this agreement.
What is the Paris Climate Agreement?