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Year Clue % Correct
1934 {Alcatraz}, found in San Francisco Bay, became an island prison
80%
1959 In the country of {Cuba}, Fidel overthrows Fulgencio
80%
1804 Caribbean nation {Haiti} becomes independent from France
75%
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%
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%
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%
1773 Christian hymn {Amazing Grace} is first performed, by John Newton
5%
2005 New Yorker {Shirley Chisholm}, the first black woman in the United States Congress, dies
5%
1990 {David Dinkins} is elected as Mayor of New York
0%
1894 Indian mathematician and Einstein collaborator {Satyendra Nath Bose} is born
0%
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