The Russian Revolution Vietnam War

8th of March – 8th of November 1917 1st November 1955 – 30th April 1975

‘Black Tuesday’ Coronation of Queen

The Wall Street Crash Elizabeth II
29th of October 1929 2nd of June 1953

First Man on the Moon The Invention of the World

Wide Web
20th July 1969
12th November 1990

Elvis Presley died The Telephone was Invented

16th of August 1977 10th of March 1876

The First Commercial Flight Hong Kong became part of

took place China

1st of January, 1914 1st July 1997

Napoleon Bonaparte was The Statue of Liberty was

born given to the USA

15th August 1769 28th October 1886

The Battle of Trafalgar The Beatles released their

first album “Please Please
Me”
21st October 1805 22nd March 1963

ACTIVITY IDEAS:

 Cut out the cards to use for a pairwork activity – one person says the date and describes the
event, the other must guess the event.
 Alternatively, one partner can try to guess the event by asking questions, e.g. “When did this
event happen?”, “Was a person born on this date?”
 I developed this activity for one of my French private students who has trouble with the Past
Simple interrogative form and dates in English – feel free to change the events on the cards
so they are more relevant to your students 