Historic Headlines
The attack on this harbor brought the U.S. into WWII.
Pearl Harbor
He wrote The Old Man and the Sea.
Ernest Hemingway
This 1939 epic won Best Picture and featured Scarlett O'Hara.
Gone with the Wind
This is the longest river in the world.
the Nile River
Neil Armstrong walks on the Moon.
the 1960s
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
the Berlin Wall?
This novel begins, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
A Tale of Two Cities
She won an Oscar for Funny Girl in 1968.
Barbra Streisand
This island country lies southeast of India.
Sri Lanka
The U.S. enters WWII.
the 1940s
He was assassinated in Dallas, Texas in 1963.
John F. Kennedy?
Scout Finch narrates this Pulitzer-winning book.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Marlon Brando played Don Vito Corleone in this Oscar-winning film.
The Godfather
The Great Wall is a historic feature of this country.
China
Elvis Presley’s first TV appearance.
the 1950s
This 1969 event had millions glued to their TVs.
the Moon landing
This British author created the detective Sherlock Holmes.
Arthur Conan Doyle
This 1965 musical won Best Picture and featured the Von Trapp family.
The Sound of Music
This South American country is home to Machu Picchu.
Peru
The Watergate scandal unfolds.
the 1970s
He resigned the presidency in 1974 over the Watergate scandal.
Richard Nixon
This novel features Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan.
The Great Gatsby
The first African-American woman to win an Oscar was in this 1939 film.
Gone with the Wind (Hattie McDaniel)
The Eiffel Tower is found in this city.
Paris
The internet becomes widely used.
the 1990s