What Happened When?

[jocknroll]

Trying to complete a 100 part quiz sheet for charity. Prize is £20.

Example: 1913 C made capital of A = Canberra made capital of Australia

Stuck on these ones:
1918 - L leads the A into D
1919 - P elects NA
1921 - MS introduces BC
1924 - M and I lost on EE
1940 - Rationing of F, C and P
1941 - RP introduces DID
1944 - ET tragedy at S
1946 - First LFA by AC
1949 - The LD is declared a NP
1950 - S markets the first PTR
1961 - EH orders the building of the BW (think this must by a typo and should read EG)
1984 - MS led by AS
1986 - DT is enthroned A of C
1990 - Remains of the ruling R discovered in SF
1991 - C of the SU

If there's one typo, there may be more. Any help appreciated.

Cheers

[scotman]

1961 EH could be Erich Honecker

[Calibax]

1919 Plymouth elects Nancy Astor?

[samak]

1924 - Mallory and Irvine lost on Everest

[Captain2]

1940 Rationing of Food, Clothes and Petrol

[gen2]

1949 The Lake District is declares a National Park?

[Captain2]

1991 Collapse of the Soviet Union

[samak]

1950 - Sony (?) markets the first Portable Transistor Radio ?

[Captain2]

1984 Miners Strike led by Arthur Scargill

[samak]

1918 - Lawrence leads the Arabs into Damascus

[jocknroll]

My word, have none of you got beds to go to !! ;)

1961, 1919, 1924, 1940 and 1991, as given by your good selves are correct. Thanks.

1949: Lake District sounds good but sources indicate that didn't happen until 1951 although the Act came in to being in 1949.

1950: Again, sounds good but not convinced.

"Chapeau" to you all.

[pulse876]

Hi,

This looks like an interesting quiz. Can you please tell me which charity it's for and how I could obtain a copy. Thanks

[jocknroll]

It's for a local charity in Fife but closes in a few days.

[samak]

1961 - Erich Honecker orders the building of the Berlin Wall

[jocknroll]

Thanks to everyone for their help. Still a few to go but I shall persevere.

[jocknroll]

Down to these last few:

1921 - MS introduces BC
1941 - RP introduces DID
1946 - First LFA by AC
1990 - Remains of the ruling R discovered in SF

[THECORBYLOON]

1921 Marie Stopes introduces Birth Control

[bookbinder]

1961: EH should read EG. Erich Honecker was President of German Democratic Republic from 1971 to 1989, so it can't have been him who ordered the building of the Wall. The clue probably means that it was 'East Germany' that ordered the building of the Berlin Wall.

[jocknroll]

bookbinder,

I thought it was a typo at first too but Erich Honeker was secretary, in 1961, of the Central Committee which ordered the building of the wall.

[jocknroll]

Only this one left:

1990 - Remains of the ruling R discovered in SF

Thought it might be the Romanovs.