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1. "The Catcher in the Rye" was written by him in 1951. (last name)
3. He was freed in 1990 after 27 years in South African prisons. (last name)
8. There was an assassination attept on this President in 1981.
9. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 while serving as Prime Minister of the UK. (last name)
11. The then President of the USSR won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990. (last name)
13. In 1982 this Steven Spielberg film was released.
16. The LA riots occurred in 1992 following the verdict of this case.
18. In 1992 this late night host ended his 37 year career. (last name)
19. Reverend _____ married over 2,000 couples at one time in the summer of 1982.
21. This astronaut made the first US space flight in 1961. (last name)
23. The first successful cloning of a mammal occurred in 1997. It was a sheep named _____.
24. This volcano erupted in the state of Washington in 1980.
28. In 1985 two earthquakes occurred back to back in this city causing over 5,000 deaths.
29. In 1983 the demand for these dolls created mob scenes at toy stores all over the US.
31. The Iran-_____ hearings began in 1987.
33. This cubism pioneer died at the age of 92 in 1973. (last name)
34. This invasion to overthrow the Castro regime failed in 1961.
35. After this barrier was demolished in 1989, all that remained was rubble and museum at Checkpoint Charlie.
36. In 1987 this 18 month old was rescued from a well.
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2. This actress and Princess of Monaco was killed in 1982.
4. In 1999 the majority of the European Union states begin using this currency.
5. This baseball legend broke Babe Ruth's homerun record in 1975.
6. This legendary musician and peace activist was killed in 1980 outside his apartment.
7. In 1959 it became the 50th state of the US.
10. This severe case of pneumonia took the lives of 29 American Legion Convention attendees in 1976.
12. In 1986 this Soviet town was abandoned after a nuclear power plant explosion.
14. David Berkowitz, aka _____________, killed 6 people in 1978.
15. In 1975 there were two assassination attempts on this US President.
17. In 1967 this baseball legend hits his 500th homerun. (last name)
18. In 1986 this shuttle tragically explodes 73 seconds after launch.
20. In 1994 the sequel to this music festival was held.
22. In 1955 she sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
25. In 1995 the bombing of a federal building in this city killed 168 people.
26. Terrorists struck two airlines' flights in 1986, Pan Am and _____.
27. This LA Laker star was diagnosed with AIDS in 1991. (last name)
30. 1986 marked the reappearance of this comet.
32. Alex Haley wrote this "saga of an american family" in 1976.
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