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Events of the 1900s: when did it happen? (page 6 of 7)

Page 6 of 7, answers 236 to 282. The years of 325 famous events of the 1900s, from 1900 to 1999, sorted oldest to newest, each with a short fact.

• When was Title IX signed?1972
• When was the Watergate break-in?1972
• When was the first handheld mobile phone call made?1973
• When did the Sydney Opera House open?1973
• When did the World Trade Center open?1973
• When did Secretariat win the Triple Crown?1973
• When was Skylab, America's first space station, launched?1973
• When was the Rubik's Cube invented?1974
• When was a barcode scanned in a shop for the first time?1974
• When did Richard Nixon resign as US president?1974
• When did Hank Aaron break Babe Ruth's home run record?1974
• When was the Terracotta Army discovered in China?1974
• When was Microsoft founded?1975
• When did Queen release 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?1975
• When was Jaws released?1975
• When did the Vietnam War end with the fall of Saigon?1975
• When did Saturday Night Live first air?1975
• When was Apple founded?1976
• When did the US celebrate its Bicentennial?1976
• When was Rocky released?1976
• When was Star Wars released?1977
• When was Voyager 1 launched?1977
• When did Elvis Presley die?1977
• When was Space Invaders released?1978
• When was the first test-tube baby born?1978
• When did the Sony Walkman go on sale?1979
• When was Pac-Man released?1980
• When did Mount St. Helens erupt?1980
• When did Post-it Notes go on sale across the US?1980
• When was the 'Miracle on Ice'?1980
• When did CNN launch?1980
• When was smallpox declared wiped out?1980
• When did MTV launch?1981
• When did the Space Shuttle make its first flight?1981
• When did the IBM PC go on sale?1981
• When did Prince Charles marry Lady Diana Spencer?1981
• When did CDs go on sale?1982
• When did Michael Jackson release Thriller?1982
• When was E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial released?1982
• When did Sally Ride become the first American woman in space?1983
• When did Costco open its first warehouse?1983
• When did Michael Jackson first do the moonwalk on TV?1983
• When was Tetris created?1984
• When was the Apple Macintosh launched?1984
• When was Super Mario Bros. released?1985
• When was the first .com domain name registered?1985
• When was Back to the Future released?1985