Weekle #28: a quiz about 31st August – 6th September
Weekle #28
31st August to 6th September
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 UK government orders schools to immediately shut buildings made with aerated concrete panels until safety work is undertaken.
31st August 2023, a month earlier, on the 21st July, the highly anticipated films Barbie and Oppenheimer were released.
The Korean children’s song ‘Baby shark’ appears in the UK Top 40 music chart.
31st August 2018, in the same year that that a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in Salisbury with the nerve agent novichok.
Barack Obama becomes the official nominee of the Democractic Party for the upcoming presidential election against Mitt Romney.
5th September 2012, in the same year that London hosts the Summer Olympic Games.
Princess Diana dies in a car crash in Paris.
31st August 1997, in the same year that Hong Kong is handed back to China after 156 years of British rule.
Argentina experience their first-ever home loss in a World Cup qualifier, losing 5–0 to Columbia.
5th September 1993, in the same year that the Czech Republic and Slovakia become independent nations following Czechoslovakia’s peaceful dissolution.
The wreck of the Titanic is found on the ocean floor at a depth of around 4,000 metres.
1st September 1985, the same year as ‘Live Aid’, the iconic fundraising concert watched by some 1.5 billion viewers.
Palestinian terrorists infiltrate the Olympic Village in the Munich Games, take hostages and eventually kill 11 members of the Israeli team..
5th September 1972, in the same year that the Watergate Scandal, which led to the later resignation of President Nixon, begins.
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