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8 SOLERA DIAMOND VALLEY | MARCH 2020 By Clare Mendez, Resident This trivia quiz will stretch your long-term memory muscles. 1457 This became the first book ever printed, thanks to the Gutenberg printing press. 1857 This new-fangled technology, invented by Elisha Otis, was first installed in a five-story building at 488 Broadway in New York City. 1876 "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you" were the first words ever transmitted by telephone. Who said them? 1889 The French flag was raised atop this newly completed structure, which served as the dramatic entrance to the 1889 World's Fair. 1894 The first championship series for this highest award in hockey was played in Montreal, Canada. 1905 This new type of physical evidence was used for the first time to help convict an accused murderer in London. 1931 In a attempt to lift the state from the hard times of the Great Depression, the Nevada state legislature voted to legalize this. 1935 This country's name was changed to Iran. 1938 The world would be forever changed when oil was discovered in this country of nomadic peasants and subsistence merchants. 1943 As the final "liquidation" of this Jewish ghetto in Poland began, this German businessman worked furiously to save as many Jews as possible by taking them in as workers in his enamelware factory. 1946 Winston Churchill popularized the phrase to describe all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe; Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, etc., that were falling under Soviet influence. 1947 The Truman Doctrine was proclaimed to help contain the spread of communism. Its main tenet was that if one country in a region fell under the influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would follow. By what less formal name did this foreign policy theory come to be known? 1961 The 23rd amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving these U.S. citizens the right to vote in presidential elections. 1964 A jury in Dallas, Texas, convicted this local nightclub owner for the murder with malice" of Lee Harvey Oswald. 1968 President Lyndon Johnson made this startling announcement on national television. 1969 Beatle John Lennon married this Japanese-born avant-garde artist in Gibraltar. 1981 He replaced the recently retired Walter Cronkite as anchorman for the CBS Evening News, a post he then held for the next 24 years. 1457 The Bible 1857 The elevator 1876 Alexander Graham Bell 1889 The Eiffel Tower 1894 The Stanley Cup 1905 Fingerprints 1931 Gambling 1935 Persia 1938 Saudi Arabia 1943 Oskar Schindler 1946 The Iron Curtain 1961 The residents of Washington, DC 1964 Jack Ruby 1968 President Johnson announced he would not seek a second term as president. 1969 Yoko Ono 1981 Dan Rather MARCH IN HISTORY ANSWERS

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