Past events
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Historical events (Verbs in past tense)

Historical events (Verbs in past tense)

Crossword

Complete the crossword, then click on "Check" to check your answer. Click on a number in the grid to see the clue or clues for that number.
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Across:

4. After a three-month siege, Spanish forces under Hernán Cortés ________ Tenochtitlán, the capital of the Aztec Empire.
7. The Russian revolution ________ in 1917.
8. The Wright brothers ________ two American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.
9. On Oct. 9, 1967, Che Guevara ________ killed by CIA operatives and members of the Bolivian army.
11. On September 3, 1783, Great Britain formally ________ the independence of the United States in the Treaty of Paris.

Down:

1. On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan ________ the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
2. Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt ________ Mark Antony in 32 B.C.
3. Michelangelo ________ the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling between 1508 and 1512.
5. In 1945, the United States ________ two atomic bombs on Japan.
6. On December 8, 1941, one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States ________ war on Japan.
10. On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew ________ sail from Spain in three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.