CHROKNOWLEDGEY

RANGING from the year 1901 to 2000, can you place these ten events into the correct decades? 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.

A THE Soviet Union successfully launches Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite. It is around 2 ft in diameter and takes approximately 98 minutes to complete its orbit of Earth.

B FORMER Prime Minister Winston Churchill dies in his home in London, aged 90, after suffering a stroke.

C A FEW months after an unsuccessful raid on his villa in Mexico, the ex-leader of Russia’s Red Army, Leon Trotsky, is hit over the head with an ice-pick and assassinated.

D PRESIDENT William McKinley is assassinated in Buffalo, New York, making Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt the new head of state.

E PINK Floyd release their album The Dark Side Of The Moon, recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

F ADOLF HITLER publishes the first volume of his autobiographical book, Mein Kampf, revealing some of his political ambitions and ideals.

G MANUEL NORIEGA, a former Panamanian dictator, is convicted (in a U.S. court) of charges relating to the trafficking of cocaine, racketeering and money-laundering.

H OSAMA BIN LADEN establishes a militant Islamic network named Al-Qaeda, which translates from Arabic as ‘The Base’.

I U.S. NAVAL base Pearl Harbour is attacked by the Japanese, triggering America’s involvement in World War II.

J ST PETERSBURG is renamed Petrograd because Tsar Nicholas II thinks the former sounds too German.

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