Events in History #2 - Statistics

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Date	Year	Event	% Correct
Apr 26	1986	{Chernobyl} nuclear disaster	92%
Jul 30	1956	Egypt seizes the {Suez} Canal	91%
Oct 12	1492	{Columbus} lands in the New World	85%
Aug 31	1888	{Jack} {the} {Ripper} kills his first victim in London	85%
May 29	1953	Sir Edmund Hillary reaches the summit of {Mt}. {Everest}	85%
Jun 2	1692	{Salem} witch trials begin	78%
Jul 14	1789	Storming of the {Bastille} in Paris	74%
Jan 18	1778	Captain {Cook} "discovers" Hawaii	73%
May 28	1588	The Spanish {Armada} sets sail for England	73%
Dec 10	1949	Chiang Kai-shek flees to {Taiwan}	66%
Dec 9	1979	{Smallpox} declared eradicated	59%
Apr 18	1906	City of {San} {Francisco} struck by an earthquake and fire	58%
Oct 7	1950	China invades {Tibet}	56%
Jan 30	1649	King {Charles} beheaded in England	49%
May 19	1536	{Anne} {Boleyn} is beheaded for treason and adultery	45%
Aug 26	1883	{Krakatoa} erupts in the Dutch East Indies	42%
-	1637	{Tulip} mania in the Netherlands – first recorded economic bubble	40%
Jan 29	1258	The Islamic Golden Age is ended as the Mongols sack the city of {Baghdad}	39%
May 13	1888	Slavery finally abolished in {Brazil}	32%
May 31	1740	{Frederick} the Great comes to power in Prussia	31%

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