Letter equation Quizz - I'm doing a quizz and need help with answers for the following: 1909 = CMTI in NZ?

Question

1997= first HPBP, 1927=NZDS begun, 1922= D of T of KT, 1990= O and TCC removed from C, 1935= W begins on the HT, 1959= AHB opens, 1492= CS the OB, 1940= B of B, 1953= EH and STCE, 1,000,000= B in a M, 96k=L of NMB, 1931= NE, 4= E on a JJ, 1984=N by GO, 1963=PKK by LHO, 1985=RWBU, 1945=ABD on H, 1982=FW, 1837=QVS to the T, 1.5=P of WODT, 3=CW in a HT, 8=G of QEII, 1080=PUANA, 1893=WS, XXVII=T, 50=B in D, 1973=CT begins, 1928=AF discovers P, 5=P in CB, 2= L on a P of T

I.e.52=C in a P is 52 cards in a pack.

Answer 1

1922 = Discovery of the Tomb of King Tut

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1963 = President Kennedy Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald

8 = Grandchildren of Queen Elizabeth II

1982 = Falklands War

1985 = Rainbow Warrior Blown Up

1990 = One and Two Cent Coins removed from Circulation

1935 = Work begins on the Homer Tunnel

1959 = Auckland Harbour Bridge opens

1973 = Colour Television begins (in New Zealand which I'm guessing is where this quiz is from? This one was tough because Canada where I'm from began broadcasting colour television in 1966)

5 = Pins in Canadian Bowling

(this is true, probably not be what the quiz is looking for though)

Answer 2

1997 = first Harry Potter Book Published.

1492 = Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue.

1940 = Battle of Britain.

1953 = Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Conquer Everest.

1837 = Queen Victoria Succeeds to the Throne.

1945 = Atom Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima.

XXVII =Twenty-seven.

1928 = Alexander Fleming discovers Penicillin.