Name The Year Trivia Game (10)
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Soyuz T-11 is launched. Soyuz T-9 is launched. Spain declares war on U.S., rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba. Spanish Civil War end as Madrid fell to Francisco Franco. Speech by Khrushchev blasting Stalin made public. St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (Mother Cabrini), first US saint. St. Vladimir's Day. Steve Tyler, Aerosmith's lead singer, born. Suez Canal reopens (after 6 Day War caused it to close). Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown. Suzannah York, actress, born. Sweden's constitution adopted. Sylvester Stallone NYC, actor/director (Rocky, Rambo, Cobra), born. First patent granted for a fire escape (a wicker basket on a pully and a chain) designed by a London watchmaker. The game "Monopoly" is invented. The Salvation Army of England sends group to U.S. to begin welfare and religious activity here. Theophilus Van Kannel of Philadelphia receives a patent for his revolving door. Thomas Davenport, invented the first commercially successful electric motor, born. Tony Curtis [Real Name : Bernard Schwartz], Bronx New York, actor (Some Like it Hot), born. Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph. TV game show scandal investigation starts. U.S. launches Pioneer Venus probe. U.S. sub locates missing hydrogen bomb in Mediterranean. U.S. Viking 2 goes into Martian orbit after an 11-month flight from Earth.
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