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This Day in History - August - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 43,316 times
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- The average score is 24 of 31
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| Date | Year | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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| Aug 6 | 1945 | An atomic bomb is dropped on this city | Hiroshima | 96%
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| Aug 21 | 1959 | This state becomes the 50th to join the U.S. | Hawaii | 93%
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| Aug 8 | 1974 | This U.S. President resigns | Richard Nixon | 92%
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| Aug 1 | 1834 | This practice is abolished in the British Empire | Slavery | 92%
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| Aug 12 | 30 BC | This Egyptian ruler commits suicide, possibly snake bite | Cleopatra | 89%
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| Aug 5 | 1962 | This actress is found dead at age 36 in a "probable suicide" | Marilyn Monroe | 88%
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| Aug 24 | 2006 | This Kuiper Belt object is demoted to "dwarf planet" status | Pluto | 88%
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| Aug 13 | 1961 | Borders are closed in this European city | Berlin | 87%
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| Aug 11 | 1919 | The new constitution of this country is signed in the city of Weimar | Germany | 86%
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| Aug 15 | 1281 | For the second time, a "divine wind" destroys the Mongol fleet attempting to invade this island nation | Japan | 85%
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| Aug 31 | 1997 | This celebrity dies in a car crash after being chased by paparazzi | Princess Diana | 85%
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| Aug 7 | 1974 | Philippe Petit walks between these two buildings on a tight rope | World Trade Center | 81%
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| Aug 25 | 1875 | Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim across this body of water | English Channel | 80%
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| Aug 9 | 1965 | This country gains independence unwillingly after being expelled from Malaysia | Singapore | 80%
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| Aug 18 | 1969 | Jimi Hendrix plays the American national anthem at this music festival | Woodstock | 80%
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| Aug 29 | 2005 | This hurricane makes landfall in Louisiana | Hurricane Katrina | 79%
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| Aug 30 | 1963 | The so-called "red phone" is established, connecting this city and Moscow | Washington D.C. | 77%
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| Aug 19 | 1991 | A failed coup attempt is launched against this Soviet leader | Mikhail Gorbachev | 76%
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| Aug 14 | 1980 | Lech Wałęsa leads labor strikes in this country | Poland | 76%
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| Aug 17 | 1807 | The world's first commercial steamboat service is started on this river, connecting New York City and Albany | Hudson River | 72%
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| Aug 10 | 1921 | Franklin D. Roosevelt first shows signs of this disease | Polio | 70%
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| Aug 16 | 1829 | Chang and Eng, conjoined twins from this country, arrive in the U.S. | Siam | 70%
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| Aug 3 | 1778 | Opera house "La Scala" opens in this city | Milan | 65%
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| Aug 28 | 1879 | In South Africa, the British capture Cetshwayo, the last king of this tribe | Zulu | 65%
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| Aug 2 | 216 BC | This Carthaginian general defeats the Romans at the Battle of Cannae | Hannibal | 64%
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| Aug 4 | 70 | Romans destroy the temple in this city | Jerusalem | 63%
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| Aug 26 | 1768 | This explorer sets sail from England aboard the HMS Endeavour | James Cook | 62%
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| Aug 27 | 479 BC | Ancient Greeks win the battles of Plataea and Mycale, ending the attempted invasion by this empire | Persian Empire | 59%
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| Aug 23 | 1305 | This Scottish rebel is executed in London | William Wallace | 59%
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| Aug 22 | 1642 | This king declares Parliament to be traitors, sparking the English Civil War | Charles I | 56%
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| Aug 20 | 1882 | This Tchaikovsky overture debuts in Moscow, using cannon shots as part of the music | {1812} Overture | 41%
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