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This Day in History - September - Statistics
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This quiz has been taken 57,344 times
34,709 since last reset
- The average score is 20 of 30
Answer Stats
| Date | Year | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
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| Sep 1 | 1939 | Germany invades this country, considered the beginning of WWII | Poland | 98%
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| Sep 11 | 2001 | Terrorists destroy the World Trade Center in this city | New York City | 92%
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| Sep 2 | 1945 | Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of this country | Vietnam | 92%
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| Sep 5 | 1666 | This city's "Great Fire" comes to end. The official death toll is only 6. | London | 84%
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| Sep 19 | 1893 | New Zealand becomes the first country to grant these people the right to vote | Women | 80%
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| Sep 22 | 1980 | Iraq invades this country, launching the deadliest war of the 1980s | Iran | 79%
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| Sep 13 | 1996 | This rapper is killed in Las Vegas | Tupac Shakur | 78%
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| Sep 15 | 1950 | U.S. forces land at Inchon, considered a turning point of this war | Korean War | 76%
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| Sep 9 | 1543 | This woman is crowned "Queen of Scots" | Mary Stuart | 74%
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| Sep 21 | 1937 | This J.R.R. Tolkien book is published | The Hobbit | 72%
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| Sep 28 | 1928 | Alexander Fleming discovers this miracle drug | Penicillin | 71%
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| Sep 4 | 2006 | This television star is killed by a stingray | Steve Irwin | 70%
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| Sep 8 | 1974 | This politician is pardoned by Gerald Ford | Richard Nixon | 69%
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| Sep 12 | 1953 | Jacqueline Bouvier marries this politician | John F. Kennedy | 68%
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| Sep 16 | 1620 | This Pilgrim ship begins its voyage to America | The Mayflower | 66%
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| Sep 23 | 1973 | Juan Perón returns to power in this country | Argentina | 64%
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| Sep 3 | 301 | This tiny country is founded on Monte Titano, making it the oldest republic on Earth (at least according to legend) | San Marino | 64%
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| Sep 18 | 2014 | This "country" votes not to become independent | Scotland | 64%
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| Sep 27 | 1996 | This militant Islamist faction captures Kabul | Taliban | 64%
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| Sep 10 | 1960 | Abebe Bikila sets a new world record at this event - without shoes | Marathon | 62%
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| Sep 7 | 1986 | Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop in this country | South Africa | 60%
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| Sep 24 | 1957 | Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, opens in this city | Barcelona | 55%
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| Sep 14 | 1982 | This actress, the Princess of Monaco, dies in a car accident | Grace Kelly | 52%
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| Sep 30 | 1955 | This young movie star dies in a car crash | James Dean | 51%
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| Sep 17 | 1916 | This fighter ace records the first of his 80 aerial victories | Manfred von Richthofen | 50%
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| Sep 20 | 1187 | Saladin besieges this city, taking it about two weeks later | Jerusalem | 49%
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| Sep 25 | 1513 | Vasco Núñez de Balboa crosses this isthmus, becoming the first European to see the Pacific coast of the Americas | Isthmus of Panama | 46%
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| Sep 26 | 1580 | This English sea captain finishes his circumnavigation of the globe | Francis Drake | 42%
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| Sep 6 | 1901 | This President is shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz | William McKinley | 38%
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| Sep 29 | 1938 | At a conference in this city, European leaders agree to let Germany annex part of Czechoslovakia | Munich | 35%
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