Sunday Special - year by year, the seventies

Luckytrim

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Sunday Special - year by year, the seventies


Below are listed eleven pairs of historical events that took place between 1970 and 1980........ One pair from every year.........
Your mission is to put them in their proper year.................

1. Nixon visits China; George Wallace is gunned down...
2. Trans-Alaskan Pipeline opens, finally / Elvis is dead
3. Manson and followers sentenced to death / Concert for Bangladesh...
4. Patty Hearst abducted / Nixon resigns...
5. 3-Mile Island radiation leak / U.S. Government bails out Chrysler...
6. McCartney Splits ; Beatles are finished / National Guard troops let loose at Kent State...
7. Spinks takes Ali's title / Proposition 13 wins at California Polls...
8. Democrats choose Carter - Mondale / Israeli Raid at Entebbe is successful...
9. Miami Dolphins run up a "perfect season" / POW's home from Hanoi...
10. Mount St. Helens blows / Richard Pryor suffers burns from "freebasing" explosion and fire...
11. Two assassination attempts on the President; Springsteen releases Born to Run...

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1. 1972
2. 1977
3. 1971
4. 1974
5. 1979
6. 1970
7. 1978
8. 1976
9. 1973
10. 1980
11. 1975
 

SilverSage

Resident Crone
Wow! That was tough. I only got 4 correct. 1,4,8,11. The political stuff.

On 5 of them I was within 1-2 years.

But #7 & 9 really stumped me - I was way off on those.

Nice one Lucky :tiphat:
 
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