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Historical Events

These are six events from the twentieth and twenty first century that changed the world in a very
significant way.
A list of some of the historical events in the world are given below. In which year did these events
take place? Choose from the Help Box and write the correct letter in the box.

1. The World Health Organisation
declared the Noval coronavirus
(COVID-19) outbreak a global
pandemic.

2. East and West Germany are
officially united.

3. The most destructive tsunami
in recorded history cause by a
9.1 magnitude earthquake, in
the Indian Ocean tsunami.

4. The dropping of the atomic
bombs on Japan brought the
Second World War to an end.

5. Terrorist attacks on the Twin
Towers of the World Trade
Center in New York City.

6. The first human landing on
the moon. The age of space
exploration begins.

Help Box

(a) 1990 (b) 1969 (c) 2004 (d) 1945 (e) 2001 (f) 2020

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