| Date | Year | Event | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6 | 1945 | {Hiroshima} destroyed by an atomic bomb | 94%
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| May 10 | 1994 | {Mandela} becomes President of South Africa | 94%
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| Oct 3 | 1990 | {Germany} is reunified | 87%
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| Aug 29 | 2005 | Hurricane {Katrina} strikes New Orleans | 87%
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| Aug 15 | 1914 | {Panama} Canal opens | 87%
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| Jun 28 | 1914 | {Franz} {Ferdinand} assassinated | 81%
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| - | 48 BC | {Cleopatra} seduces Julius Caesar | 79%
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| Sep 2 | 1666 | Start of the Great Fire of {London} | 78%
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| Oct 4 | 1957 | {Sputnik} becomes the first manmade object to orbit Earth | 74%
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| Jul 30 | 1966 | {England} wins the World Cup | 72%
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| Apr 30 | 1803 | France sells {Louisiana} Territory to the United States | 71%
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| Jun 22 | 1897 | {Queen} {Victoria}'s diamond jubilee | 64%
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| - | 1281 | The Mongols launch a naval invasion of {Japan} | 62%
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| Jun 8 | 632 | Mohammad dies in the city of {Medina} | 51%
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| Mar 3 | 1861 | Serfdom abolished in {Russia} | 50%
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| - | 1937 | Rape of {Nanking} | 47%
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| Dec 25 | 800 | {Charlemagne} is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor | 46%
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| May 24 | 1844 | Samuel Morse demonstrates the {telegraph} | 44%
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| Nov 10 | 1871 | Stanley finds {Livingstone} in Africa | 30%
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| - | 828 | Venetians steal the remains of Saint {Mark} from Alexandria | 20%
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