| Year | Event | City | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Diamond Jubilee | London | 98%
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| 1989 | A wall emblematic of the Cold War is torn down | Berlin | 94%
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| 1896 | The first modern Olympic games are joined by 14 nations | Athens | 85%
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| 1969 | Mission control celebrates the first manned moon landing | Houston | 80%
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| 2004 | Facebook launched | Cambridge, MA | 78%
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| 2008 | The first Black president of the USA gives a victory speech at Grant Park | Chicago | 76%
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| 1969 | 3 days of peace and music (and acid-fueled mud-covered orgies) | Woodstock | 71%
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| 1919 | A treaty is signed ending the war between Germany and the Allied powers | Versailles | 64%
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| 1783 | First manned untethered balloon flight | Paris | 62%
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| 1940 | The first McDonald's opens for business | San Bernardino | 57%
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| 1971 | The "happiest place on Earth" begins accepting tourists | Orlando | 50%
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| 2004 | The Boston Red Sox break the curse of the Bambino | St Louis | 16%
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| 1885 | Karl Benz creates the first gas-powered automobile | Mannheim | 9%
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| 1965 | Trent Reznor is born | New Castle | 9%
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| 1869 | The "golden spike" is driven in, completing the Transcontinental Railroad | Promontory | 5%
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