Listed below are 20 newsworthy events that happened at Christmas in years gone by.
Below that are listed the 20 years when the events took place.
Match the event with the year. All match up on a 1 to 1 basis.
Astronauts orbit the moon
Christmas truce agreed in Vietnam
Dalai Lama flees from Tibet
Desert Orchid wins King George VIth chase for record 4th time
Einstein publishes his theory of gravitation
Elvis Presley called up to join the Army
First Royal Christmas day broadcast
Government committee recommends abolition of workhouses
Irish partition bill signed
Mussolini declares himself King of Italy
Nixon announced as favourite to become Republican leader
Official White Christmas - Ladbrokes pay out £100,000
Palestinian gunmen take 70 hostages at OPEC talks in Vienna
Persia renamed as Iran
Pope forgives his would-be assassin during jail visit
Riot at Bondi Beach Christmas party
Rumanian leader executed by firing squad
Suffragettes in Holloway refuse to eat Xmas Dinner
350 men and boys killed in a coal pit explosion
Ulster Christmas bombing campaign claims 15 lives
Select from the following years:-
1906
1910
1918
1920
1925
1932
1934
1949
1950
1957
1959
1965
1968
1971
1975
1983
1989
1990
1995
1996
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Answers
1. Astronauts orbit the moon - 1968
2. Christmas truce agreed in Vietnam - 1965
3. Dalai Lama flees from Tibet - 1950
4. Desert Orchid wins King George VIth chase for record 4th time - 1990
5. Einstein publishes his theory of gravitation - 1949
6. Elvis Presley called up to join the Army - 1957
7. First Royal Christmas day broadcast - 1932
8. Government committee recommends abolition of workhouses - 1918
9. Irish partition bill signed -1920
10. Mussolini declares himself King of Italy - 1925
11. Nixon announced as favourite to become Republican leader - 1959
12. Official White Christmas - Ladbrokes pay out £100,000 - 1996
13. Palestinian gunmen take 70 hostages at OPEC talks in Vienna - 1975
14. Persia renamed as Iran - 1934
15. Pope forgives his would-be assassin during jail visit - 1983
16. Riot at Bondi Beach Christmas party - 1995
17. Rumanian leader executed by firing squad - 1989
18. Suffragettes in Holloway refuse to eat Xmas Dinner - 1906
19. 350 men and boys killed in a coal pit explosion - 1910
20. Ulster Christmas bombing campaign claims 15 lives - 1971
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