When did the following event happen?

Star Wars, later to be subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope, is released in the US.

Select a space in the timeline below.

Beginning of Time

c. 2000 BCE

The last mammoth populations reach extinction.

Present Day

Note: BCE means that the date is the number of years before the current era (CE/AD).
c. is short for 'circa' and indicates that the date is considered approximate.

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