CHROKNOWLEDGEY

Ranging from the year 1901 to 2000, can you place the following ten events into the correct decade? Each decade starts with the year ending ‘1’ and ends with the year ending ‘0’ (i.e. 1901-1910) and there is one event per decade.

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John Paul II is shot four times in an assassination attempt in Saint Peters Square. BThe first FIFA World Cup takes place in Uruguay, comprising of 13 competing nations. CThe British Union of Fascists, notorious for its anti-Semitic propaganda, is founded by Oswald Mosley. DAfter more than seven years of war between the National Liberation Front of Algeria and France, a referendum is held and six million Algerians vote in favour of independence. EThe

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Is formed in response to mounting concerns about Soviet expansion. FThe

League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris with the aim of establishing world peace. GRussian

chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov is beaten in a six-game match of chess by Deep Blue, a computer developed by IBM.

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after the death of her father George VI, Elizabeth II is formally crowned in Westminster Abbey at the age of 27. I‘ The Rumble in the Jungle’, a historic boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, takes place in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). JThe

Commonwealth of Australia is proclaimed, in which six self-governing colonies are federated.