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Historical Events Per Day (December) - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 8 times
- The average score is 11 of 31
Answer Stats
| December... | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 18th | This US president became the 3rd president in US history to be impeached | Trump becomes the 3rd US president to be impeached (2019) | 67%
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| 3rd | This author, known famously for their detective novels and short stories, went missing for 11 days | Agatha Christie goes missing (1926) | 50%
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| 21st | Created by James Naismith as a game to play during the winter, this game went on to become one of America's most popular sports | First Ever game of Basketball is played (1891) | 50%
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| 24th | This group, known famously for their racist views, was formed | Formation of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) (1865) | 50%
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| 28th | Mistaking it as a star, this astronomer inadvertently became the first person to record the existence of Neptune | Galileo discovers Neptune, but mistakes it for a star (1613) | 50%
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| 7th | This surprise attack shocked the world | Japan attacks Pearl Harbor (1941) | 50%
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| 20th | This state became the first of many to secede from the Union | South Carolina becomes the first state to secede (1860) | 50%
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| 25th | In a famous painting, you can see this American general make a daring river crossing to attack a garrison of Heshan soldiers | Washington crosses the Delaware River (1776) | 50%
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| 9th | This disease, which is believed to have killed half a billion people over the span of several centuries, was declared eradicated by the WHO | WHO declares Smallpox eradicated (1979) | 50%
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| 5th | This amendment brought an end to prohibition in the US | 21st Amendment is passed (1933) | 33%
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| 27th | Boarding the HMS Beagle, this famous biologist first set sail | Charles Darwin begins his scientific journey (1831) | 33%
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| 19th | Charles Dickens released this short Christmas story, which has sold over 2 million copies and has had several screen adaptations | Charles Dickens publishes A Christmas Carol (1843) | 33%
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| 22nd | In 2010, Obama passed this law, which officially allowed gays, lesbians, and bisexuals to serve in the US military (Hint: Don't___,Don't___) | Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 | 33%
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| 4th | Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself emperor of this Central African country in a ceremony that cost 1/3 of the nation's budget | Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowns himself Emperor of The Central Africa Republic (1977) | 33%
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| 10th | This individual became the first British monarch to resign the throne | King Edward VIII abdicates the throne (1936) | 33%
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| 2nd | This famous general became the first ever emperor of his country | Napoleon is coronated as Emperor of France (1804) | 33%
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| 30th | This Russian was brutally murdered, and his body dumped into a river | Rasputin is Assassanated (1916) | 33%
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| 16th | Colonists, disguised as Native Americans, performed a stunt that would be remembered as the... | The Boston Tea Party (1773) | 33%
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| 6th | 5 years after a rebellion, the UK finally granted independence to this island nation | The Irish Free State is established (1921) | 33%
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| 26th | This country lasted for 77 years and then officially dissolved on this day | The Soviet Union Dissolves (1991) | 33%
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| 29th | Congress approved the integration and statehood of this US State | The Texas Annexation (1848) | 33%
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| 17th | This duo successfully tested an invention that revolutionized human transportation | The Wright brothers successfully take flight (1903) | 33%
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| 31st | Occupied in 1903, this narrow strip of territory was finally returned 96 years later | US returns the Panama Canal to Panama (1999) | 33%
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| 23rd | The myth goes that this famous artist cut off his ear to send it to his lover | Van Gogh cuts off his ear (1888) | 33%
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| 15th | This Nazi official was captured by Israeli secret forces and then sentenced to death on this day | Adolf Eichman is sentenced to death (1961) | 17%
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| 11th | The astronauts on this mission are the last people who've landed on the moon | Apollo 17 lands on the moon (1972) | 17%
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| 1st | The murder of this individual is often cited as the spark that ignited Stalin's Great Purge | Assassination of Sergei Kirov (1934) | 17%
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| 8th | This famous pop singer was murdered right outside their home in New York City | John Lenon is shot and killed (1980) | 17%
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| 14th | Roald Amundsen won the race to become the first person to ever reach... | Roald Amundsen's becomes first person ever to reach the South Pole (1911) | 17%
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| 12th | The SCOTUS gave its ruling on this controversial case regarding the 2000 election | SCOTUS gives ruling on Bush V Gore (2000) | 17%
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| 13th | Abel Talsaman discovered this group of Pacific islands, giving it the name "Staten Land" | New Zealand is Discovered (1642) | 0%
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