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The Twentieth Century: 100 Years of History: Crossword Puzzle

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In the hundred years of the 20th century there were far too many events to fit in a crossword. Here are but a few. This crossword has a corresponding quiz with a similar title.
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      1. One of many political figures assassinated in the 1960s (7,1)
      5. Country Gavrilo Princip, Franz Ferdinand's assassin, was from
      10. Grace Kelly 1956 wedding location and famous Grand Prix: ____ Carlo
      11. 1986 Nuclear disaster location
      12. 1919 Treaty which ended WWI but which sowed the seeds for WWII
      13. 1979. Revolution nation involving Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
      15. Sixties folk singer revolutionised pop music (3,5)
      17. NY, NJ and CT became the powerhouse of the US economy in the fifties: ____-State Area
      20. 1950s: Many sightings of such an object usually circular but shorter
      21. People employed as "watchers" during the Cold War of the 50s & 60s
      24. 1999: Researchers at Texas A&M University successfully cloned this animal
      25. 1928 discovery that improved infectious disease treatment radically
      27. 1945: City devastated by an atomic bomb
      29. 1969: An _____ of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon changed the way we viewed the universe
      30. 1903 Ohio brothers famous for powered flight pioneering
      31. People who followed the latest trends and fashions, but outside the cultural mainstream.

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      1. 1956 Egyptian President Nasser nationalises the Suez Canal (Roman numerals)
      2. The "QEII" and "Queen Mary" were 20th century engineering marvels as ocean ____
      3. Architectural marvel opened in Sydney 1973 (5,5)
      4. Year Britain passed the Iron Act to restrict one of USA's most important 20th century industries
      6. German one
      7. "Curse of the Bambino" protagonist (4,4)
      8. WWII key strategic oceanic battleground
      9. Drug cartel that held Colombia to ransom 70s, 80s
      14. Scale of disasters such as WWI, WWII, 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic, AIDS in 80s-90s
      16. Unwanted moniker for many Westerners during late 20th century due to proliferation of this disease
      18. Type of US television program causing controversy and government investigation (4,4)
      19. Vince, US Football coach inextricably linked to the Super Bowl
      22. Disputed territory across the French-German border
      23. Friedrich, co-authored "The Communist Manifesto"
      26. Saddam Hussein nationality
      28. Onomatopoeia word frequently used around the secret perpetrators of the Cold War