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Statistics for This Year in History - 1889

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  • This quiz has been taken 19 times
  • The average score is 12 of 18

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DateHintAnswer% Correct
January 15thThis new beverage company is incorporated as part of the Pemberton Medicine CompanyCoca-Cola
93%
May 6thThis new monument is unveiled in Paris for the 1889 World's FairEiffel Tower
93%
June 6thA fire ravages through the downtown of this Pacific Northwest citySeattle
87%
April 20thThis infamous person is born, who would commit suicide almost exactly 56 years laterAdolf Hitler
80%
February 11thThe House of Peers meet for the first time in this country, following the adoption of its Meiji ConstitutionJapan
80%
February 22ndGrover Cleveland signs a bill admitting four new states to the Union. Name any of themNorth Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, or Washington
80%
November 19thThe modern day flag of this country is adopted, bearing the words "Order and Progress" in their native languageBrazil
73%
November 20thThis new invention is debuted in San Francisco, famous for its construction as a partially automated, coin-operated, music-playing deviceJukebox
73%
November 14thAmerican journalist Nellie Bly begins her attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days, inspired by a novel from this authorJules Verne
73%
October 6thThis famous windmill-topped cabaret opens its doors for the first time in ParisMoulin Rouge
73%
March 4thThis new Republican President is inauguratedBenjamin Harrison
60%
December 6thThis former President of the Confederate States of America diesJefferson Davis
53%
September 23rdThis company is founded in Kyoto, producing and marketing trading cardsNintendo
53%
July 8thThe first issue of this second-largest newspaper in the United States is published, now famous for its collaboration with Dow Jones & CompanyWall Street Journal
53%
October 6thGerman geologist Hans Meyer and Austrian Mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller are the first to summit this famous mountainMount Kilimanjaro
47%
JuneThis famous painting is made in Southern France, inspired by the view from the east-facing window of an asylumStarry Night
40%
January 22ndThis famous record company is founded, that would later sign such artists as Billie Holiday, AC/DC, and Blink-182Columbia Records
33%
August 6thThis famous hotel in London is established, that would hold such guests as Frank Sinatra, Charlie Chaplin, and Harry TrumanSavoy Hotel
33%

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