This Year in History - 1889 - Statistics

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Date Hint Answer % Correct
May 6th This new monument is unveiled in Paris for the 1889 World's Fair Eiffel Tower
90%
April 20th This infamous person is born, who would commit suicide almost exactly 56 years later Adolf Hitler
85%
January 15th This new beverage company is incorporated as part of the Pemberton Medicine Company Coca-Cola
80%
February 11th The House of Peers meet for the first time in this country, following the adoption of its Meiji Constitution Japan
75%
November 19th The modern day flag of this country is adopted, bearing the words "Order and Progress" in their native language Brazil
70%
November 14th American journalist Nellie Bly begins her attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days, inspired by a novel from this author Jules Verne
70%
February 22nd Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting four new states to the Union. Name any of them North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, or Washington
70%
June 6th A fire ravages through the downtown of this Pacific Northwest city Seattle
70%
November 20th This new invention is debuted in San Francisco, famous for its construction as a partially automated, coin-operated, music-playing device Jukebox
65%
October 6th This famous windmill-topped cabaret opens its doors for the first time in Paris Moulin Rouge
65%
September 23rd This company is founded in Kyoto, producing and marketing trading cards Nintendo
60%
December 6th This former President of the Confederate States of America dies Jefferson Davis
50%
March 4th This new Republican President is inaugurated Benjamin Harrison
45%
July 8th The first issue of this second-largest newspaper in the United States is published, now famous for its collaboration with Dow Jones & Company Wall Street Journal
35%
October 6th German geologist Hans Meyer and Austrian Mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller are the first to summit this famous mountain Mount Kilimanjaro
30%
June This famous painting is made in Southern France, inspired by the view from the east-facing window of an asylum Starry Night
30%
August 6th This famous hotel in London is established, that would hold such guests as Frank Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin, and Harry Truman Savoy Hotel
25%
January 22nd This famous record company is founded, that would later sign such artists as Billie Holiday, AC/DC, and Blink-182 Columbia Records
20%
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