| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Russia invades Ukraine | 2022 Feb 24 | 89%
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| VE Day – end of World War II in Europe | 1945 May 08 | 85%
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| Fall of Berlin Wall | 1989 Nov 09 | 83%
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| Sinking of the Titanic | 1912 Apr 14 | 82%
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| WWII begins as Germany invades Poland | 1939 Sep 01 | 82%
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| Assassination of Franz Ferdinand | 1914 Jun 28 | 80%
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| Storming of the Bastille – French Revolution | 1789 Jul 14 | 79%
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| Columbus' first voyage to New World | 1492 Aug 03 | 77%
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| Treaty of Versailles ends World War I | 1918 Nov 11 | 77%
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| French lose the Battle of Waterloo, ending the Napoleonic Wars | 1815 Jun 18 | 74%
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| Normans defeat English at Battle of Hastings | 1066 Oct 14 | 73%
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| Operation Overlord landings (D-Day) in World War II | 1944 Jun 6 | 73%
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| Introduction of the Euro | 1999 Jan 01 | 73%
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| Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor | 768 Oct 09 | 73%
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| NATO formed | 1949 Apr 04 | 70%
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| Death of Princess Diana | 1997 Aug 31 | 70%
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| Julius Caesar assassinated | 44 BC Mar 15 | 70%
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| Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon on his way to Rome | 49 BC Jan 10 | 70%
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| The Great Fire of London starts | 1666 Sep 04 | 68%
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| Spanish Civil War begins | 1936 Jul 17 | 68%
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| Russian Revolution begins | 1917 Mar 08 | 65%
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| Battle of the Bulge (World War II) | 1944 Dec 16 | 65%
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| Battle of the Somme (World War I) | 1916 Jul 01 | 61%
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| Greeks defeat Persians at the Battle of Marathon | 490 BC Sep 12 | 61%
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| Black Death arrives in Sicily via Genoese ships from the Black Sea | 1347 Oct ?? | 59%
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| Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire | 1453 May 29 | 59%
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| Marx & Engel publish Communist Manifesto | 1848 Feb 21 | 59%
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| King John seals Magna Carta | 1215 Jun 15 | 58%
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| Constantine issues Edict of Milan to end persecution of Christians | 313 Feb ?? | 58%
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| Death of Alexander the Great | 323 BC Jun 10 | 58%
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| First recorded ancient Olympic Games | 776 BC ??? ?? | 58%
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| Mount Vesuvius erupts | 79 Aug 24 | 58%
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| Martin Luther starts Protestant Reformation | 1517 Oct 31 | 56%
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| Peace of Westphalia ends Thirty Years' War | 1648 Oct 24 | 56%
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| First modern Olympic Games | 1896 Apr 06 | 55%
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| British fleet under Lord Nelson defeats French & Spanish at Battle of Trafalgar | 1805 Oct 21 | 53%
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| Romans victorious at the Battle of Corinth and conquer Greece | 146 BC ??? ?? | 52%
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| Sputnik launched by the USSR | 1957 Oct 04 | 52%
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| First Crusade begins | 1096 Aug 15 | 50%
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| Treaty of Paris ends Seven Years’ War | 1763 Feb 10 | 50%
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| Assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov Family | 1918 Jul 17 | 47%
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| Great Schism between Roman and Orthodox Churches | 1054 Jul 16 | 45%
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| English Defeat of Spanish Armada | 1588 Aug 08 | 45%
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| Einstein publishes Theory of Special Relativity | 1905 Sep 26 | 41%
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| Prague Spring begins in Czechoslovakia | 1968 Jan 05 | 41%
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| Maastricht Treaty signed to create European Union | 1992 Feb 07 | 39%
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| Second Vatican Council begins, with goal to reform the Roman Catholic Church | 1962 Oct 11 | 35%
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| England defeats France at the Battle of Agincourt | 1415 Oct 25 | 33%
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| Watson & Crick publish article on DNA double helix structure | 1953 Apr 25 | 33%
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| Earliest known edition of a Gutenberg Bible via printing press | 1456 Aug 15 | 32%
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