Statistics for Guess the Year: Newspaper Headlines

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Headline	Year	% Correct
Germany Declares War on Belgium	1914	85%
Elvis Presley Dies at 42	1977	77%
Man Enters Space	1961	73%
Martin King Shot to Death	1968	73%
Nelson Mandela Freed	1990	73%
State of Israel is Born	1948	71%
Prohibition Ends At Last!	1933	67%
Women Win Right to Vote in Suffragette Victory	1920	58%
Dewey Defeats Truman	1948	58%
Mahatma Gandhi Killed by Assassin's Bullet	1948	58%
President Truman Wipes Out Segregation in Armed Forces	1948	56%
"Jack the Ripper" Claims 5th Victim	1888	54%
Dr. Einstein is Dead; He Unlocked the Door to the Atomic Age...	1955	44%
The Lusitania is Sunk; 1000 Probably Are Lost	1915	42%
Contested: Florida Keeps Nation in Suspense	2000	42%
Earthquake and Fire: San Francisco in Ruins	1906	35%
Destruction of the War Ship Maine was the Work of an Enemy	1898	27%
Navy Hunts Amelia Lost in Pacific Ocean	1937	27%
Rights Bill Becomes Law	1964	23%
Sacco and Vanzetti Put to Death Early This Morning	1920	19%