Date | Year | Event | % Correct |
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Apr 26 | 1986 | {Chernobyl} nuclear disaster | 92%
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Jul 30 | 1956 | Egypt seizes the {Suez} Canal | 91%
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May 29 | 1953 | Sir Edmund Hillary reaches the summit of {Mt}. {Everest} | 86%
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Oct 12 | 1492 | {Columbus} lands in the New World | 85%
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Aug 31 | 1888 | {Jack} {the} {Ripper} kills his first victim in London | 85%
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Jun 2 | 1692 | {Salem} witch trials begin | 78%
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Jan 18 | 1778 | Captain {Cook} "discovers" Hawaii | 74%
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Jul 14 | 1789 | Storming of the {Bastille} in Paris | 74%
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May 28 | 1588 | The Spanish {Armada} sets sail for England | 74%
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Dec 10 | 1949 | Chiang Kai-shek flees to {Taiwan} | 64%
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Dec 9 | 1979 | {Smallpox} declared eradicated | 61%
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Apr 18 | 1906 | City of {San} {Francisco} struck by an earthquake and fire | 60%
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Oct 7 | 1950 | China invades {Tibet} | 57%
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Jan 30 | 1649 | King {Charles} beheaded in England | 50%
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May 19 | 1536 | {Anne} {Boleyn} is beheaded for treason and adultery | 46%
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Aug 26 | 1883 | {Krakatoa} erupts in the Dutch East Indies | 43%
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- | 1637 | {Tulip} mania in the Netherlands – first recorded economic bubble | 41%
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Jan 29 | 1258 | The Islamic Golden Age is ended as the Mongols sack the city of {Baghdad} | 38%
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May 13 | 1888 | Slavery finally abolished in {Brazil} | 32%
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May 31 | 1740 | {Frederick} the Great comes to power in Prussia | 31%
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