Statistics for Events in History #3

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Date	Year	Event	% Correct
May 10	1994	{Mandela} becomes President of South Africa	95%
Aug 6	1945	{Hiroshima} destroyed by an atomic bomb	94%
Oct 3	1990	{Germany} is reunified	88%
Aug 29	2005	Hurricane {Katrina} strikes New Orleans	87%
Aug 15	1914	{Panama} Canal opens	87%
Jun 28	1914	{Franz} {Ferdinand} assassinated	81%
-	48 BC	{Cleopatra} seduces Julius Caesar	79%
Sep 2	1666	Start of the Great Fire of {London}	79%
Oct 4	1957	{Sputnik} becomes the first manmade object to orbit Earth	75%
Jul 30	1966	{England} wins the World Cup	73%
Apr 30	1803	France sells {Louisiana} Territory to the United States	71%
Jun 22	1897	{Queen} {Victoria}'s diamond jubilee	64%
-	1281	The Mongols launch a naval invasion of {Japan}	62%
Jun 8	632	Mohammad dies in the city of {Medina}	51%
Mar 3	1861	Serfdom abolished in {Russia}	50%
Dec 25	800	{Charlemagne} is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor	46%
-	1937	Rape of {Nanking}	46%
May 24	1844	Samuel Morse demonstrates the {telegraph}	45%
Nov 10	1871	Stanley finds {Livingstone} in Africa	32%
-	828	Venetians steal the remains of Saint {Mark} from Alexandria	21%