| Historical Event | Date | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| World War I ended with the signing of the Armistice | 11/11/1918 | 62%
|
| Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese | 07/12/1941 | 58%
|
| An atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima | 06/08/1945 | 54%
|
| Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center complex in New York City | 11/09/2001 | 54%
|
| The Allies landed in Normandy (D-Day) | 06/06/1944 | 50%
|
| Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand | 28/06/1914 | 42%
|
| Donald Trump was sworn in as US President | 20/01/2017 | 35%
|
| US President John F Kennedy was assassinated | 22/11/1963 | 35%
|
| The Bastille was stormed during the French Revolution | 14/07/1789 | 31%
|
| The Beijing Summer Olympics began | 08/08/2008 | 27%
|
| Adolf Hitler committed suicide | 30/04/1945 | 27%
|
| The fall of the Berlin Wall began | 09/11/1989 | 19%
|
| The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank | 15/04/1912 | 19%
|
| Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon | 20/07/1969 | 19%
|
| Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo | 18/06/1815 | 15%
|
| Playwright William Shakespeare died | 23/04/1616 | 15%
|
| Thousands gathered in the US capital for the March on Washington | 28/08/1963 | 12%
|
| Saigon was captured by North Vietnamese forces, ending the Vietnam War | 30/04/1975 | 12%
|
| The People's Republic of China was founded by Mao Zedong | 01/10/1949 | 8%
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| The United Nations was founded | 24/10/1945 | 8%
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