Which Year Was it?

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1. What year was heiress Patricia Hearst kidnapped by the SLA? 1971 1975 1972 1974

2. What year was Barbie introduced to the toy world? 1959 1960 1957 1961

3. When did men across the US begin dying in a wave of cancer and pneumonia that later would be referred to as AIDS? 1981 1983 1979 1985

4. What year did Geraldine Ferraro become the first woman to run for vice president with presidential candidate Walter Mondale? 1988 1976 1980 1984

5. In what year was O.J. Simpson found not guilty of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman? 1995 1996 1994 1993

6. In what year was Rodney King's beating by L.A. police recorded by an observer with a home video camera? 1990 1989 1992 1991

7. What year was Smell-O-Vision created? 1940 1955 1945 1950

8. What year did Jackie Robinson break major league baseball's unofficial color barrier? 1945 1952 1950 1947

9. What year was "Playboy" magazine founded? 1955 1960 1957 1953

10. In what year did the Beatles release their first single in the United States, 'Please Please Me'? 1963 1965 1964 1966