Statistics for Events in History #4

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Date	Year	Event	% Correct
Apr 10	1998	Good Friday Agreement signed in Northern {Ireland}	86%
-	1662	Last sighting of the {dodo} bird	84%
Jun 25	1950	The {Korean} War begins	83%
Feb 27	2014	Russia invades the peninsula of {Crimea}	82%
Jan 18	1788	First fleet of convicts arrives in {Australia}	80%
Nov 24	1859	"On the Origin of {Species}", by Charles Darwin, is published	78%
Jul 9	1762	{Catherine} the Great becomes empress of Russia	72%
-	1099	Crusaders capture the city of {Jerusalem}	72%
Dec 2	1993	Drug lord {Pablo} {Escobar} shot by police in Medellín	72%
Apr 29	1945	Adolf Hitler marries {Eva} {Braun}	71%
Jul 1	1997	{Hong} {Kong} returned to China	69%
May 6	1937	The zeppelin {Hindenburg} catches fire	68%
Dec 14	1911	Amundsen reaches the {South} {Pole}	65%
-	874	Ingólfr Arnarson becomes the first person to settle on {Iceland}	65%
May 1	1876	Victoria declared Empress of {India}	63%
Mar 12	1930	{Gandhi} marches to the sea to get salt	53%
Nov 1	1520	{Magellan} sails through the strait that bears his name	46%
May 16	1966	Mao announces the start of the {Cultural} Revolution	45%
Jun 16	1373	England signs an alliance with {Portugal}, still in force today	41%
Aug 16	1896	Start of the {Klondike} Gold Rush	39%