Statistics for 50 States, 50 Historical Events

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Year	Event	State	% Correct
2001	Collapse of the Twin Towers	New York	85%
1847	Mormon pioneers arrive with Brigham Young	Utah	85%
1941	Attack on Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	84%
1863	Battle of Gettysburg	Pennsylvania	84%
1872	Yellowstone becomes world's first national park	Wyoming	81%
1957	Desegregation of Little Rock Central High School	Arkansas	78%
1980	Eruption of Mount St. Helens	Washington	78%
1863	This state separates from Virginia to stay in the Union	West Virginia	78%
1787	First ratification of the Constitution	Delaware	76%
1963	Assassination of John F. Kennedy	Texas	76%
1607	English establish Jamestown colony	Virginia	76%
1850	Recently seeing a gold rush, this is allowed to be a free state	California	74%
1910	Ford Motor Company open Highland Park Plant	Michigan	74%
2016	Native Americans protest the Dakota Access Pipeline	North Dakota	73%
1845	Miami and Erie canal opens, connecting Cincinnati to Toledo	Ohio	73%
1995	Bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building	Oklahoma	73%
1903	First flight at Kitty Hawk	North Carolina	72%
1891	Phoenix Indian School opens to culturally exterminate Natives	Arizona	71%
1996	Centennial Summer Olympic Games	Georgia	71%
1932	The Great Depression destroys the income of potato farmers	Idaho	71%
1968	Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.	Tennessee	71%
1843	Wagon trails bring thousands to Willamette Valley	Oregon	66%
1809	Birth of Abraham Lincoln	Kentucky	65%
1861	Battle of Fort Sumter	South Carolina	64%
1610	Spanish conquistadors establish the oldest state capital	New Mexico	61%
1999	Columbine High School massacre	Colorado	60%
1819	Spain signs Adams–Onís Treaty, giving the U.S. this state	Florida	60%
1876	Battle of Little Bighorn	Montana	58%
1890	Wounded Knee Massacre	South Dakota	56%
2012	Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting	Connecticut	55%
1765	French-speaking refugees from Nova Scotia come here	Louisiana	55%
1775	Battles of Lexington and Concord	Massachusetts	52%
1838	Siege of Vicksburg	Mississippi	52%
1963	16th Street Baptist Church bombing	Alabama	51%
1856	Settlers rush in to sway the vote on slavery	Kansas	51%
1964	Good Friday Earthquake	Alaska	48%
1859	Silver rush after discovery at Comstock Lode	Nevada	45%
2009	First legalization of same-sex marriage through legislation	Vermont	42%
1814	Battle of Fort McHenry	Maryland	41%
1820	This state is admitted through Missouri Compromise	Maine	40%
1944	IMF created at Bretton Woods Conference	New Hampshire	35%
1778	Battle of Monmouth Courthouse	New Jersey	34%
1811	William Henry Harrison wins Battle of Tippecanoe	Indiana	29%
2003	100 die in The Station nightclub fire	Rhode Island	28%
1942	Fermi leads first nuclear chain reaction	Illinois	27%
1813	Final Siege of Fort Madison	Iowa	22%
1837	Dred Scott is brought to Fort Snelling	Minnesota	22%
1970	Antiwar protesters bomb Sterling Hall	Wisconsin	22%
2004	Red Sox win their first World Series in 86 years	Missouri	20%
1898	Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Trans-Mississippi Exposition	Nebraska	19%