British History by Month: August - Statistics

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Date	Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
19th	1970	The 1,000th episode of this UK soap opera was broadcast; it is the World's longest running soap opera today	Coronation Street	86%
25th	1919	The first daily international air service began between London and this city	Paris	81%
23rd	1305	This Scotsman was hung, drawn and quartered, with various parts of his body going on to be displayed in cities across Britain	William Wallace	76%
6th	1881	This man, who went on to discover Penicillin and save millions of lives around the World, was born	Alexander Fleming	67%
26th	55BC	This Roman Emperor attempts his first invasion of Britain, but after landing and participating in a few skirmishes with the Britons, he returned to Gaul	Julius Caesar	67%
5th	1583	This area of modern-day Canada is claimed by Humphrey Gilbert, becoming the first English colony in North America and therefore beginning the British Empire	Newfoundland	67%
1st	1798	Admiral Nelson destroyed the French fleet in this naval battle, with the French Flagship, L'Orient, exploding after it's magazine ignited	The Battle of the Nile	67%
11th	1971	This British Prime Minister captained the British team to victory during the Admiral's Cup	Edward Heath	62%
3rd	1460	This Scottish monarch, who became the first not to be crowned at Scone, died aged 29	James II	62%
8th	1588	The nine-hour long Battle of Gravelines took place, resulting in an English victory and contributing to the failure of this invasion fleet	The Spanish Armada	62%
24th	1814	This iconic American landmark is razed to the ground by British troops following the Battle of Bladensburg	The White House	57%
15th	1945	The hostilities of the Second World War were finally ended, the day being marked by this celebration	Victory over Japan Day	57%
10th	1842	An Act of Parliament was passed on this day, barring women and children from working in these workplaces	Mines	52%
31st	1900	This beverage first went on sale in Britain	Coca Cola	48%
21st	2023	This disgraced nurse, found guilty of murdering seven babies, was given a whole-life term on this day	Lucy Letby	48%
12th	1877	British explorer Henry Morton Stanley reached the mouth of the river	Congo River	38%
7th	1995	This British athlete twice broke his own World Record, that still stands to this day, on his way to winning gold at the World Championships in Gothenburg	Jonathan Edwards	38%
16th	1819	This massacre took place in Manchester when cavalry charged into a crowd of protestors discussing parliamentary representation; 18 people were killed around 700 were injured	Peterloo Massacre	38%
18th	1825	Scottish explorer, Alexander Gordon Laing, became the first European to reach this African city, being murdered there shortly after	Timbuktu	38%
27th	1900	Britain's first long distance journey by this form of transport took place, taking two days to complete the journey between London and Leeds	The Bus	33%
9th	1757	This Scottish engineer, who built 1200 bridges and over 1000 miles of roads in Britain, also having an English town named after him, was born	Thomas Telford	33%
2nd	1610	This English explorer sailed into the bay that now shares his name, believing he had made it through the northwest passage into the Pacific Ocean	Henry Hudson	29%
22nd	1788	This British colony was Africa is founded, intended to be a home for freed slaves	Sierra Leone	24%
28th	2016	The last 22 remaining outlets of this British retailer closed, bringing an end to 88 years of retail history	British Home Stores	19%
13th	1704	The Duke of Marlborough, direct relative of Winston Churchill, defeated the French and Bavarians at this battle, changing the tide of the War of Spanish Succession	The Battle of Blenheim	19%
17th	1958	Britain announced it would continue to test Nuclear weapons on this Indian Ocean island	Christmas Island	10%
30th	1871	This physicist, who first split the atom at the University of Manchester, was born in New Zealand	Ernest Rutherford	10%
14th	1968	The first British troops were deployed to Northern Ireland as part of this 'limited' operation, that would go on to last 38 years	Operation Banner	10%
4th	1914	Britain declared war on Germany, beginning British involvement in the First World War, after Germany had violated this treaty by invading Belgum	The Treaty of London	10%
20th	1956	This power station became Britain's first nuclear power station when it opened on this day	Calder Hall	5%
29th	1831	Michael Faraday demonstrates this device for the first time at the Royal Institute in London	The Electrical Transformer	0%

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