Statistics for Events in U.S. History

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Date	Year	Event	% Correct
Dec 1	1955	{Rosa} {Parks} refuses to give her bus seat to a white passenger	92%
Apr 17	1961	The start of the Bay of {Pigs} invasion	91%
Sep 30	1935	The {Hoover} Dam is dedicated on the Colorado River	90%
Mar 30	1867	U.S. buys {Alaska} from Russia	88%
Aug 15	1969	{Woodstock} music festival begins	87%
Mar 2	1836	{Texas} declares independence from Mexico	83%
Jan 1	1863	Lincoln issues the {Emancipation} Proclamation	69%
Dec 7	1787	{Delaware} becomes the 1st state to ratify the Constitution	66%
Dec 5	1933	{Prohibition} is repealed by the 21st amendment	66%
Jul 1	1863	The Battle of {Gettysburg} begins	65%
Nov 11	1620	The {Mayflower} makes landfall in Massachusetts	65%
Jun 26	1876	{Custer}'s last stand	59%
Oct 26	1825	The {Erie} Canal opens, connecting the Great Lakes to the Hudson River	58%
Dec 26	1919	{Babe} {Ruth} is sold to the Yankees	55%
Apr 26	1607	Settlers land at {Jamestown}, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas	54%
May 21	1927	{Lindbergh} makes the first non-stop flight between New York and Paris	53%
-	1891	James Naismith invents {basketball}	44%
Dec 29	1890	Native Americans are massacred by U.S. soldiers at {Wounded} {Knee}	42%
Jan 8	1964	LBJ declares war on {poverty}	35%
July 13	1925	Start of the {Scopes} "monkey trial" in Tennessee	35%