Weekle #27: a quiz about 24th August – 30th August
Weekle #27
24th August to 30th August
The following events all took place in this week in history in the last 100 years. In which year did they occur? Answers go back in order from most recent to oldest events…
The US completes its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the last remaining transport aircraft departs Kabul airport just before midnight.
30th August 2021, earlier that year, the Ever Given blocks the Suez Canal holding up roughly $9.6 billion in daily global trade.
Boris Johnson asks Queen Elizabeth II to suspend parliament to limit parliament’s ability to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
28th August 2019, in the same year that Donald Trump’s was impeached for the first time on the grouds of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Oxford Dictionaries adds the words ‘twerk’ and ‘selfie’ to its online database.
28th August 2013, earlier that year Pope Benedict XVI resigned, becoming the first pope to step down in nearly 600 years.
Pluto is demoted from the ninth planet in the solar system to a dwarf planet.
24th August 2006, in the same year that Twitter is officially launched and Nintendo releases the Wii.
The Godfather is released in the UK. It is a huge hit and becomes the highest grossing film of the year.
24th August 1972, in the same year that British soldiers shot twenty six unarmed civilians in Derry, Northern Ireland, on ‘Bloody Sunday’.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr gives his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, DC.
28th August 1963, in the same year that President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
The first Guinness Book of World Records is published, as a promotional book to help settle arguments in pubs.
27th August 1955, in the same year Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated city bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
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