Statistics for Events of the Day - 5 June

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Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
2004	Death of two-term American president who told Gorbachev to "tear down this wall"	Ronald Reagan	86%
1967	This short war begins between Israel, Egypt, Syria and Jordan	Six Day War	86%
1981	A US public health agency publishes a report on patients with rare pneumonia - later they are classed as first recognised cases of what disease?	AIDS	71%
1989	A man in China is photographed standing in front of tanks near this public square	Tiananmen Square	71%
1997	Civil war begins in this Central African country	Congo	57%
1465	'Farce of Ávila': nobles crown Alfonso 'the Innocent' king. When he dies, to whom, longer-reigning, does his claim to the Castilian crown pass?	Isabel I of Castile	57%
1959	This man, considered Singapore's founding father, begins his first term as Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew	57%
1316	Death of French king whose wife was convicted of adultery in the 'Tour de Nesle' affair	Louis X	57%
1806	End of the Batavian Republic: in which modern country lay its territory?	Netherlands	57%
1646	Birth of Elena Cornaro Piscopia. She was the first woman to receive what degree?	Doctor of Philosophy	43%
1984	Under Operation Blue Star, fighting begins at this gurdwara in Amritsar	{Golden} Temple	43%
1916	Death of British general depicted on "Your country needs you!" posters	Herbert Kitchener	43%
1288	Battle of Worringen: the area it took place is now part of which German city?	Köln	43%
1900	This South African city surrenders to British forces in the Second Anglo-Boer War	Pretoria	43%
1862	This treaty is signed, creating the French colony of Cochinchina and ceding the city from which it takes its name	Treaty of {Saigon}	43%
1878	Birth of this famous general of the Mexican Revolution	Pancho Villa	29%
1409	Western Schism: in which Italian city does an ecumenical council depose both papal claimants and declare the Papacy empty?	Council of {Pisa}	14%
1832	This Parisian revolt, depicted in Les Misérables, begins	June Rebellion	14%
2015	Ameenah Gurib-Fakim becomes the first female President of this African country	Mauritius	0%
1977	A coup led by the Prime Minister overthrows the President of this island country	Seychelles	0%