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Current Events by Year, 1950–1969 - Statistics

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Year Hint Answer % Correct
1969 First person to walk on the moon Neil Armstrong
99%
1959 The 50th state to join the U.S. Hawaii
91%
1953 Soviet leader who died Joseph Stalin
87%
1962 Actress who sang "Happy Birthday” to John F. Kennedy Marilyn Monroe
87%
1964 Band which caused a "mania" when they visited the U.S. The Beatles
85%
1961 Country in which the Bay of Pigs invasion took place Cuba
84%
1963 City where John F. Kennedy was assassinated Dallas
83%
1957 Russian satellite which became the first man-made object to orbit Earth Sputnik
81%
1950 Peninsula in Asia where a major war started that is still, technically, currently ongoing Korea
78%
1955 Military agreement signed between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc allies {Warsaw} Pact
72%
1965 Black nationalist leader assassinated in New York City Malcolm X
68%
1956 Country whose Prince Rainier married actress Grace Kelly Monaco
66%
1958 Former general who became President of France Charles de Gaulle
65%
1952 British king who died {George} {VI}
51%
1968 Vietnamese holiday on which Viet Cong forces launched a major offensive Tet
50%
1951 Television show starring Lucille Ball which debuted on CBS I Love Lucy
49%
1966 "Revolution" launched by Mao with the goal of replacing traditional Chinese values {Cultural} Revolution
44%
1960 Still-running British soap opera which aired for the first time {Coronation} Street
40%
1967 Rock musical about a "tribe" of New York hippies which debuted off-Broadway Hair
35%
1954 Silicon device demonstrated by Bell Labs – modern computer chips have billions Transistor
23%
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