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Can you name these 20th century events?
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?
1928 - Alexander Fleming develops penicillin
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1957 Russia Launch Sputnik One!!
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1998 - Europe Adopts One Single Currency
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I'll give you that one but was looking for discovers.
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Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
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Still looking for -
1921 - VDAEID could also be VDAEAD
1922 - HCDTT
1989 - SRPSV
1921 - VDAEID could also be VDAEAD
1922 - HCDTT
1989 - SRPSV
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Does 1989 begin with "Soviet Republic"
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1922 - Harold Carter Discovers Tut's Tomb!
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1928 - Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin ...
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Correct but have you copied off ClaretTony and Rowls!
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Salmand Rushdie publishes satanic verses
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Invade attack
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Violent deaths after Eire independence declaration
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Gonna have to tell you 1921 - VDAEID - Vitamin D and E is/are discovered.
Well done to all who contributed.
Well done to all who contributed.
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Will be back tomorrow with some Burnley ones - European Cup/Inter-Cities Fairs Cup/Anglo-Scottish Cup/ Texaco Cup - Get swotting! UTC
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Thanks Leisure!
GNWSHAB = Gifton Noel Williams Scores Hattrick Against Barnsley
Hope I haven't scuppered one there!
GNWSHAB = Gifton Noel Williams Scores Hattrick Against Barnsley
Hope I haven't scuppered one there!
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Thank you Leisure that was brilliant even though as a family we were shocking !
Do you have the answers all together?
If so would you please be able to post them, as previously. Cheers.
Do you have the answers all together?
If so would you please be able to post them, as previously. Cheers.
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1989 Salmon Rushdie published Satanic Verses.
oops, already got
oops, already got
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Re: Can you name these 20th century events?
Thanks.
I thought it looked wrong once I’d written it down. Wilbur and Orville were their first names.
I’ve no idea when it was - just knew it was early 1900s and fit the clue (even when I got it wrong)
Re: Can you name these 20th century events?
Please publish with answers Leisure m8 I would like to use it on our Lockdown Whatsapp quiz group....Leisure wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:12 pmEg - 1966 - EWWC = England win world cup
1901 - QVD
1904 - WBMFF
1905 - AEPTTOR
1908 - HFDTFMT
1912 - TSOMV
1914 - WWOB
1915 - LSBGS
1919 - TOVSBAAG
1921 - VDAEID
1922 - HCDTT
1925 - JLBIT
1928 - AFDP
1930 - FWCTPIU
1931 - ESBC
1934 - AHBGF
1939 - WWTB
1940 - WCBBPM
1941 - JAUAPH
1947 - HFD
1948 - GAIND
1955 - WCR
1957 - RLSO
1959 - FCAPOC
1961 - YGFMIS
1969 - NAFMOM
1970 - TBSU
1977 - SWRIC
1980 - JLSD
1989 - SRPSV
1997 - PDDIPCC
1998 - EAOSC
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Thank you.
Re: Can you name these 20th century events?
Answers as promised.
Eg - 1966 - EWWC = England win world cup
1901 - QVD = Queen Victoria Dies
1904 - WBMFF = Wright brothers make first flight
1905 - AEPTTOR = Albert Einstein publishes the Theory of Relativity
1908 - HFDTFMT = Henry Ford designs the Ford Model T
1912 - TSOMV = Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - WWOB = World War One begins
1915 - LSBGS = Lusitania sunk by German submarine
1919 - TOVSBAAG = Treaty of Versailles signed by Allies and Germany
1921 - VDAEAD = Vitamins D and E are discovered
1922 - HCDTT = Howard Carter discovers Tutenkhamun's tomb
1925 - JLBIT = John Logie Baird invents television
1928 - AFDP = Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1930 - FWCTPIU = First World Cup tournament played in Uruguay
1931 - ESBC = Empire State Building completed
1934 - AHBGF = Adolf Hitler becomes German Fuhrer
1939 - WWTB = World War Two begins
1940 - WCBBPM = Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
1941 - JAUAPH = Japan attacks USA at Pearl Harbour
1947 - HFD = Henry Ford dies
1948 - GAIND = Ghandi assassinated in New Delhi
1955 - WCR = Winston Churchill resigns
1957 - RLSO = Russia launches Sputnik One
1959 - FCAPOC = Fidel Castro appointed President of Cuba
1961 - YGFMIS = Yuri Gagarin first man in space
1969 - NAFMOM = Neil Armstrong first man on moon
1970 - TBSU = The Beatles split up
1977 - SWRIC = Star Wars released in cinemas
1980 - JLSD = John Lennon shot dead
1989 - SRPSV = Salman Rushdie publishes Satanic Verses
1997 - PDDIPCC = Princess Diana dies in Paris car crash
1998 - EAOSC = Europe adopts one single currency
Eg - 1966 - EWWC = England win world cup
1901 - QVD = Queen Victoria Dies
1904 - WBMFF = Wright brothers make first flight
1905 - AEPTTOR = Albert Einstein publishes the Theory of Relativity
1908 - HFDTFMT = Henry Ford designs the Ford Model T
1912 - TSOMV = Titanic sinks on maiden voyage
1914 - WWOB = World War One begins
1915 - LSBGS = Lusitania sunk by German submarine
1919 - TOVSBAAG = Treaty of Versailles signed by Allies and Germany
1921 - VDAEAD = Vitamins D and E are discovered
1922 - HCDTT = Howard Carter discovers Tutenkhamun's tomb
1925 - JLBIT = John Logie Baird invents television
1928 - AFDP = Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1930 - FWCTPIU = First World Cup tournament played in Uruguay
1931 - ESBC = Empire State Building completed
1934 - AHBGF = Adolf Hitler becomes German Fuhrer
1939 - WWTB = World War Two begins
1940 - WCBBPM = Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister
1941 - JAUAPH = Japan attacks USA at Pearl Harbour
1947 - HFD = Henry Ford dies
1948 - GAIND = Ghandi assassinated in New Delhi
1955 - WCR = Winston Churchill resigns
1957 - RLSO = Russia launches Sputnik One
1959 - FCAPOC = Fidel Castro appointed President of Cuba
1961 - YGFMIS = Yuri Gagarin first man in space
1969 - NAFMOM = Neil Armstrong first man on moon
1970 - TBSU = The Beatles split up
1977 - SWRIC = Star Wars released in cinemas
1980 - JLSD = John Lennon shot dead
1989 - SRPSV = Salman Rushdie publishes Satanic Verses
1997 - PDDIPCC = Princess Diana dies in Paris car crash
1998 - EAOSC = Europe adopts one single currency
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1915 - LSBGS
The first failed attempt at a gay rights organisation.
The first failed attempt at a gay rights organisation.