Can You Match the Decade to Its Events?

The Roswell UFO incident occurred near Roswell, New Mexico.

• 1930s

• 1940s

• 1950s

The fall of the Berlin wall.

• 1980s

• 1960s

• 1970s

Riots in Los Angeles, spurred by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers accused in the beating of Rodney King.

• 1980s

• 1990s

• 2000s

The grand opening of Disneyland in California.

• 1970s

• 1950s

• 1960s

Actor James Dean was killed in a highway collision in Salinas.

• 1950s

• 1960s

• 1940s

Alaska was admitted to the Union, becoming the 49th state.

• 1930s

• 1960s

• 1950s

Bay of Pigs Invasion: The failed U.S. led invasion and attempted coup d'état of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro took place.

• 1960s

• 1950s

• 1970s

British Invasion: The Beatles arrived in the United States.

• 1980s

• 1960s

• 1970s

The movie, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, opens in cinemas.

• 1980s

• 1990s

• 1970s

US won the first Olympic basketball gold medal.

• 1920s

• 1940s

• 1930s

First man walked on the moon in this decade.

• 1970s

• 1950s

• 1960s

The World Wide Web is invented.

• 1980s

• 2000s

• 1990s

The founding of United Nations(UN).

• 1940s

• 1930s

• 1950s

The launch of the Macintosh 128K or the Apple Macintosh.

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1990s

CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel, was founded.

• 1980s

• 1970s

• 1960s