Statistics for Current Events by Year, 1950–1969

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YearHintAnswer% Correct
1969First person to walk on the moonNeil Armstrong
99%
1959The 50th state to join the U.S.Hawaii
92%
1962Actress who sang "Happy Birthday” to John F. KennedyMarilyn Monroe
88%
1953Soviet leader who diedJoseph Stalin
87%
1961Country in which the Bay of Pigs invasion took placeCuba
86%
1964Band which caused a "mania" when they visited the U.S.The Beatles
85%
1963City where John F. Kennedy was assassinatedDallas
84%
1957Russian satellite which became the first man-made object to orbit EarthSputnik
83%
1950
Peninsula in Asia where a major war started that is still, technically,
currently ongoing
Korea
80%
1955Military agreement signed between the Soviet Union and seven Eastern Bloc allies{Warsaw} Pact
73%
1965Black nationalist leader assassinated in HarlemMalcolm X
70%
1956Country whose Prince Rainier married actress Grace KellyMonaco
68%
1958Former general who became President of FranceCharles de Gaulle
65%
1951Television show starring Lucille Ball which debuted on CBSI Love Lucy
52%
1968Vietnamese holiday on which Viet Cong forces launched a major offensiveTet
52%
1952British king who died{George} {VI}
50%
1966
"Revolution" launched by Mao with the goal of replacing traditional Chinese values
{Cultural} Revolution
43%
1960Still-running British soap opera which aired for the first time{Coronation} Street
42%
1967Rock musical about a "tribe" of New York hippies which debuted off-BroadwayHair
38%
1954Silicon device demonstrated by Bell Labs – modern computer chips have billionsTransistor
24%

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