| Year | Clue | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | {Alcatraz}, found in San Francisco Bay, became an island prison | 80%
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| 1959 | In the country of {Cuba}, Fidel overthrows Fulgencio | 80%
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| 1804 | Caribbean nation {Haiti} becomes independent from France | 75%
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| 1981 | Corfu's country, {Greece}, rejoins the European Economic Community | 75%
|
| 1999 | The {euro} currency is introduced | 75%
|
| 45 BC | The {Julian} calendar is introduced. 1 Jan in the Gregorian calendar is 19 Dec in this calendar | 70%
|
| 1877 | Victoria gains the colonial title {Empress} of India | 70%
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| 1515 | The 1498–1515 king of France, {Louis XII}, dies of gout | 65%
|
| – | On the 1st of the year {New Year's Day} is celebrated, a public holiday in the USA and other countries | 60%
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| 1449 | Famous figure of Florence, Lorenzo de' {Medici}, is born into a famous family | 55%
|
| 1919 | 'Catcher in the Rye' author {J. D. Salinger} is born | 50%
|
| 1895 | Posthumously controversial long-term FBI director {J. Edgar Hoover} is born | 45%
|
| 1898 | Five cities combine to form the world city {New York} | 40%
|
| 1995 | In the North Sea, a 25.6m rogue {wave} is recorded, intriguing scientists and damaging an oil platform | 25%
|
| 1962 | The independence of Samoa – then known as {Western} Samoa – from New Zealand comes into effect | 25%
|
| 1001 | Stephen I becomes the first king of {Hungary} | 20%
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| 1773 | Christian hymn {Amazing Grace} is first performed, by John Newton | 5%
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| 2005 | New Yorker {Shirley Chisholm}, the first black woman in the United States Congress, dies | 5%
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| 1990 | {David Dinkins} is elected as Mayor of New York | 0%
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| 1894 | Indian mathematician and Einstein collaborator {Satyendra Nath Bose} is born | 0%
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