1952 ------------- -------- and -------- -------- star in the Western film High Noon.
     1953  ------------- ---------- and ------------ ---------- are the first to climb Mount Everest.
1954   Gamal Abdel -------------- ousts Gen. Muhammad Naguib as president of Egypt.
      1955    American rock 'n' roll musician ---------- ---------- records Rock Around the Clock.
1956  ----------------- ----------------------  III is deported from Cyprus by the British.
      1957       ---------- ----------  publishes the children's book The Cat in the Hat.
 1958      Russian writer Boris Pasternak publishes the novel ---------- ---------- .
      1959   ------------------ is inaugurated as the 50th state of the Union.
1960   The Soviets shoot down a U-2 spy plane; U.S. pilot ---------- ----------  is captured.
      1961      American writer Joseph Heller publishes the anti-war novel ---------- ---------- .
1962 Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor star in ------------  the most expensive film to date.
      1963  John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is shot and killed by ---------- ------- .
1964      ---------- ---------- becomes prime minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
      1965      The Black Muslim leader -------- ----------  is assassinated in New York City.
1966   The ------------ ---------- becomes the first VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft.
      1967  Yachtsman ---------- ---------- completes the first solo voyage around the world.
1968      Filmmaker ---------- ---------- directs 2001: A Space Odyssey.
      1969    A rock-music festival at -------------------- , N.Y, attracts a crowd of 500,000.
1970 The --------- ------ crew return to earth after an explosion aboard their command module.
      1971 Lt. William Calley is found guilty of killing Vietnamese civilians at -------------- .
1972  Palestinian terrorists kill 11 Israeli athletes at the ------------ ------------ .
      1973 ------------ ----------------------- publishes the first volume of the Gulag Archipelago.
1974 Emperor ----------- ------------------ is deposed in a military coup in Ethiopia.
      1975 - Prime Minister ---------- ---------- begins a reign of terror in Kampuchea.
1976  Israeli commandos rescue hijacked aeroplane passengers at ------------------ , Uganda.
      1977 ---------- ---------- directs the first Star Wars space fantasy film.
1978 President Carter oversees the ---------- ---------- peace accords between Egypt and Israel.
      1979 An accident at the -------- ---------- Island nuclear power plant causes a near-disaster.
1980 ---------- ---------- heads Solidarity, the first union movement in a communist country.
      1981 - John Hinckley, Jr. shoots and seriously wounds ---------- ---------- .
1982 - Argentina invades the ---------- ---------- .
      1983 - The ---------- ---------- is introduced for recorded music.
1984 A toxic gas leak kills 2,000 and affects an estimated 150,000 in ----------------, India.
      1985  French agents sink the Greenpeace ship -------------------- -------- in New Zealand.
1986  The Space Shuttle ------------------- explodes after launch, killing the crew of seven.
      1987 - Colonel -------- -------------- testifies at the Iran-Contra Affair hearings.
1988 Austrian president -------- ---------------- is exonerated of involvement in war crimes.
      1989 ----------------------- is condemned by Muslims; Salman Rushdie goes into hiding.
1990  South African president -------------------- releases Nelson Mandela.
      1991 Canada and Inuit (Eskimo) leaders agree to establish a new territory, -----------------.
1992   The United Nations holds an Earth Summit in -------------------------- .
      1993 - Terrorists explode a bomb at New York's ---------------------------- .
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1996 ------------ ------------gained a place in sporting history by winning 7 horse races in 1 day.
      1997 ------------ ------------ was the sole survivor of the crash which killed Princess Diana.
1998  The military operation into Iraq was called ------------ ------------ .
      1999  ------------ ------------ became the BBC Sports Personality of  the Century.
2000 --------------- and ------------------- were the 1st & the last 2 islands to join the millennium.
      2001 The 1st outbreak, in the UK, of Foot & Mouth disease was in ------------------- .
 2002 ------------ ------------ was the 1st British skier to gain a medal at a Winter Olympics, even if it was later retracted.