Date
|
Year
|
Clue
|
Answer
|
Sep 1
|
1939
|
Germany invades this country, considered the beginning of WWII
|
Poland
|
Sep 2
|
1945
|
Ho Chi Minh declares the independence of this country
|
Vietnam
|
Sep 3
|
301
|
This tiny country is founded on Monte Titano, making it the oldest republic on Earth (at least according to legend)
|
San Marino
|
Sep 4
|
2006
|
This television star is killed by a stingray
|
Steve Irwin
|
Sep 5
|
1666
|
This city's "Great Fire" comes to end. The official death toll is only 6.
|
London
|
Sep 6
|
1901
|
This President is shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz
|
William McKinley
|
Sep 7
|
1986
|
Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican archbishop in this country
|
South Africa
|
Sep 8
|
1974
|
This politician is pardoned by Gerald Ford
|
Richard Nixon
|
Sep 9
|
1543
|
This woman is crowned "Queen of Scots"
|
Mary Stuart
|
Sep 10
|
1960
|
Abebe Bikila sets a new world record at this event - without shoes
|
Marathon
|
Sep 11
|
2001
|
Terrorists destroy the World Trade Center in this city
|
New York City
|
Sep 12
|
1953
|
Jacqueline Bouvier marries this politician
|
John F. Kennedy
|
Sep 13
|
1996
|
This rapper is killed in Las Vegas
|
Tupac Shakur
|
Sep 14
|
1982
|
This actress, the Princess of Monaco, dies in a car accident
|
Grace Kelly
|
Sep 15
|
1950
|
U.S. forces land at Inchon, considered a turning point of this war
|
Korean War
|
Sep 16
|
1620
|
This Pilgrim ship begins its voyage to America
|
The Mayflower
|
Sep 17
|
1916
|
This fighter ace records the first of his 80 aerial victories
|
Manfred von Richthofen
|
Sep 18
|
2014
|
This "country" votes not to become independent
|
Scotland
|
Sep 19
|
1893
|
New Zealand becomes the first country to grant these people the right to vote
|
Women
|
Sep 20
|
1187
|
Saladin besieges this city, taking it about two weeks later
|
Jerusalem
|
Sep 21
|
1937
|
This J.R.R. Tolkien book is published
|
The Hobbit
|
Sep 22
|
1980
|
Iraq invades this country, launching the deadliest war of the 1980s
|
Iran
|
Sep 23
|
1973
|
Juan Perón returns to power in this country
|
Argentina
|
Sep 24
|
1957
|
Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, opens in this city
|
Barcelona
|
Sep 25
|
1513
|
Vasco Núñez de Balboa crosses this isthmus, becoming the first European to see the Pacific coast of the Americas
|
Isthmus of Panama
|
Sep 26
|
1580
|
This English sea captain finishes his circumnavigation of the globe
|
Francis Drake
|
Sep 27
|
1996
|
This militant Islamist faction captures Kabul
|
Taliban
|
Sep 28
|
1928
|
Alexander Fleming discovers this miracle drug
|
Penicillin
|
Sep 29
|
1938
|
At a conference in this city, European leaders agree to let Germany annex part of Czechoslovakia
|
Munich
|
Sep 30
|
1955
|
This young movie star dies in a car crash
|
James Dean
|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon