Historical Events - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Nazi forces invade Poland	1939	100%
Neil Armstrong becomes the first astronaut to walk on the Moon	1969	100%
The US declares independence from Great Britain with the signing of the Declaration	1776	96%
The Berlin Wall falls, reuniting West and East Germany after almost 30 years	1989	96%
Christopher Columbus "discovers" America but lands in the Bahamas	1492	93%
President Kennedy is assassinated in a Dallas motorcade by Lee Harvey Oswald	1963	93%
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theater	1865	86%
William of Normandy defeats Harold Godwinson at Hastings	1066	82%
The Incan empire falls to the Spanish under Francisco Pizarro, leading to a conquistador victory	1533	82%
The Wright Brothers, out of Kitty Hawk, NC, successfully fly the first engine powered airplane	1903	79%
Thomas Jefferson purchases the Louisiana territory from France, doubling the size of the US	1803	75%
Washington DC is burned by the British in retaliation of the American fire of Toronto	1814	71%
Julius Caesar is stabbed to death at the Ides of March	44 BC	71%
Leonidas and his outnumbered Spartans battle the mighty Persian army at Thermopylae	480 BC	68%
King John is forced to sign the Magna Carta by rebellious barons	1215	57%
The Protestant Reformation begins when Martin Luther nails his 95 theses in Wittenberg, Germany	1517	57%
The Black Plague enters Europe via ships from Asia	1346	54%
Hernan Cortes' forces take over Tenochtitlan, ending the Aztec empire	1521	50%
Johannes Gutenberg invents the printing press, revolutionizing book production	1450	43%
Henry Hudson discovers the area of New York City and explores the river named after him	1609	43%

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