The past simple tense: historical facts

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Across
  1. 4. In 1492, Christopher Columbus (reach) ______ America.
  2. 5. The Titanic (sink) ______ in 1912 after it hit an iceberg.
  3. 6. The Great Fire of London (destroy) ______ much of the city in 1666.
  4. 8. Marie Curie (win) ______ the Nobel Prize for her work on radioactivity.
  5. 9. In 1776, the United States (declare) ______ independence from Britain.
Down
  1. 1. William Shakespeare (write) ______ Romeo and Juliet in the late 16th century.
  2. 2. In 2008, Barack Obama (become) ______ the first African American president of the United States.
  3. 3. In 1969, Neil Armstrong (walk) ______ on the moon.
  4. 6. Albert Einstein (develop) ______ the theory of relativity.
  5. 7. The Wright brothers (invent) ______ the first airplane in 1903.