Promises and Public Milestones

The 5 moments in this challenge

The scenes are shown below — tap a card to reveal its place and year.

1. 

   Round 1 · 1938

   Chamberlain Proclaims Peace for Our Time

   10 Downing Street, London, United Kingdom

   Returning from Munich, Neville Chamberlain addressed cheering crowds at Downing Street and declared “peace for our time.” The agreement surrendered Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to Germany; European war followed less than a year later.

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   Round 2 · 1935

   Roosevelt Dedicates Hoover Dam

   Hoover Dam, Nevada–Arizona border, United States

   Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the enormous Colorado River dam while it was officially called Boulder Dam. Its construction supplied Depression-era jobs and transformed water storage and electricity generation across the American Southwest.

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   Round 3 · 1927

   Babe Ruth Hits Number Sixty

   Original Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, United States

   Babe Ruth hit his sixtieth home run off Washington's Tom Zachary, breaking his own single-season record. The two-run eighth-inning blast helped the Yankees win 4–2; his record survived until Roger Maris's 1961 season.

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   Round 4 · 1968

   The First Boeing 747 Rolls Out

   Boeing Everett Factory, Everett, Washington, United States

   Boeing unveiled its first 747 before journalists and representatives of 26 customer airlines. The enormous aircraft emerged from a purpose-built Everett factory, becoming the most recognizable symbol of the coming wide-body passenger age.

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   Round 5 · 1966

   Botswana Raises Its Independence Flag

   National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana

   At independence, Bechuanaland became Botswana under President Seretse Khama. The new blue, black and white flag emphasized water and racial harmony, offering a striking contrast to apartheid policies in neighboring South Africa.

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