Non-US, Non-UK Events by Year, 1950-1969 - Statistics

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Year Event Answer % Correct
1960 This city is founded to serve as Brazil's capital Brasília
97%
1967 Christiaan Barnard conducts the first successful transplantation of this organ Heart
96%
1965 Language in which Catholic masses were usually held until the end of the Second Vatican Council Latin
96%
1964 Zanzibar and Tanganyika merge into this state Tanzania
96%
1959 He replaces Fulgencio Batista as the leader of Cuba Fidel Castro
95%
1961 East German leader Ulbricht claims that "nobody intends to erect" this kind of construction Wall
87%
1968 Following student protests and street battles, this president flees France Charles de Gaulle
85%
1966 Sukarno transfers his executive powers to Suharto, in this country Indonesia
82%
1962 This French colony gains independence after a bloody war Algeria
79%
1956 An attempted revolution in this country is crushed by Soviet intervention Hungary
77%
1955 This Argentine leader is exiled Juan Perón
76%
1957 The European Economic Community, a precursor of this organization, is established European Union
74%
1953 Prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh is overthrown in this country Persia
74%
1969 Yasser Arafat becomes chairman of this Palestine organization PLO
74%
1952 Albert Schweitzer receives this prize for his humanitarian work in Africa Nobel Peace
72%
1950 This secret police is founded in East Germany Stasi
65%
1958 This Gaul warrior makes his comic book debut Astérix
60%
1951 This initiative, officially called the "European Recovery Program", expires Marshall Plan
60%
1963 Report on Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann's trial: "The Banality of ___" Evil
50%
1954 This Japanese movie, later remade as "The Magnificent Seven", is released The Seven Samurai
49%
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