Statistics for This Day in History - June

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Date	Year	Clue	Answer	% Correct
June 8	632	This prophet dies in Medina	Muhammad	90%
June 7	1654	This king begins his 72 year reign as king of France	Louis XIV	89%
June 4	1989	Protesters are massacred in or near this city's Tiananmen Square	Beijing	88%
June 13	2005	This pop singer is found not guilty of child molestation	Michael Jackson	87%
June 14	1982	This war between Argentina and the U.K. comes to an end	Falklands War	86%
June 25	1929	This U.S. President authorizes the building of the dam which today bears his name	Herbert Hoover	86%
June 27	1950	The U.S. enters this war	Korean War	86%
June 28	1919	This treaty is signed, officially ending the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers	Treaty of {Versailles}	86%
June 18	1940	This politician gives his "Finest Hour" speech	Winston Churchill	85%
June 30	1997	China regains control of this territory	Hong Kong	84%
June 11	1978	This film, starring John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, opens in movie theaters	Grease	83%
June 21	1982	This British royal is born, becoming second-in-line to the throne	Prince William	83%
June 10	323 BC	This Macedonian conqueror dies	Alexander the Great	82%
June 15	1215	King John signs this document	Magna Carta	82%
June 23	47 BC	This queen gives birth to Ptolemy Caesarion, the son of Julius Caesar	Cleopatra	80%
June 17	1944	This island nation declares independence from Denmark	Iceland	80%
June 26	2015	The Supreme Court legalizes this across the U.S.	Same-sex marriage	75%
June 19	1865	"Juneteeth" celebrates the day that this came to an end in Texas	Slavery	75%
June 6	1984	This Russian video game is released	Tetris	73%
June 1	1533	This woman is crowned Queen consort of England. Despite rumors to the contrary, she has the normal number of fingers.	Anne Boleyn	66%
June 20	1991	Germany votes to move the capital from this city to its present location in Berlin	Bonn	66%
June 24	1717	The first Grand Lodge of this organization is founded in London	Freemasonry	64%
June 16	1897	This kingdom is annexed by the United States	Hawaii	64%
June 29	2007	This landmark product is released	iPhone	64%
June 5	1968	This politician is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan	Robert F. Kennedy	64%
June 9	1891	Painter Paul Gauguin arrives at this Polynesian island	Tahiti	63%
June 3	1968	At the "Factory" in New York City, this artist is shot and nearly killed by a deranged woman	Andy Warhol	62%
June 2	1896	This Italian inventor files a patent for the radio	Guglielmo Marconi	59%
June 12	1817	The "dandy horse" is ridden for this first time. It was the predecessor to this modern method of transportation.	Bicycle	53%
June 22	1969	The Cuyahoga River catches fire in this U.S. state	Ohio	42%