History pop quiz!

[ciroccoj]

Quick! Without looking any of these up, see if you can name one major historical event that happened on each of these dates, which are in no particular order. And yes, it's hugely skewed towards European/North American history. That's cause these are all from my own history-geek knowledge, and I'm hugely skewed towards European/North American.

1867
1776
1912
1865
1917
1215
1939
1066
622
1914
1918
1929
79
1347
2001
1969
1861
1963
1973
800
1961
1492
410
1968

Comments

[sangerin.livejournal.com]

Hmmm....

1867 -
1776 - Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies
1912 - possibly the Titanic?
1865 - end of the (US) Civil War
1917 - USA enters WWI
1215 -
1939 - Beginning of WWII, invasion of Poland
1066 - William the Conquerer does his conquering.
622 -
1914 - Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, etc, WWI
1918 - Armistice, end of WWI
1929 - Stockmarket crash?
79
1347
2001 - 9/11
1969 - Moon landing
1861 - Beginning of the Civil War.
1963 - I'm so going to have the year wrong, but... Kennedy assasination?
1973 - Nixon resignation? (That's a complete guess).
800
1961 - um... setting up the space program: Kennedy's "fly men to the moon in this decade" speech to the joint session of congress?
1492 - "Back in 1492 (Christopher Columbus) Sailed across the ocean blue (Christopher Columbus)" (old beginners piano piece)...
410
1968 - Assassination of MLK, Assassination of Bobby Kennedy, the 68 Convention in Chicago, Students go nuts all over Europe...

Obviously I'm bad on anything before 1000, and not that great on anything before the 1860s or so... And even then I'm not entirely certain of a lot of them...

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

1912 - possibly the Titanic?
Yup!

1917 - USA enters WWI
Oh - yeah, that too! I was actually thinking of the Russian Revolution, but yours certainly qualifies.

1066 - William the Conquerer does his conquering.
Heh :)

1929 - Stockmarket crash?
Ding!

1963 - I'm so going to have the year wrong, but... Kennedy assasination?
You got it right :)

1973 - Nixon resignation? (That's a complete guess).
Watergate scandal breaks and starts growing. I believe Nixon resigned in 1974. ::checking:: Yup.

1961 - um... setting up the space program: Kennedy's "fly men to the moon in this decade" speech to the joint session of congress?
Yeah, that qualifies too. I was thinking Bay of Pigs.

1968 - Assassination of MLK, Assassination of Bobby Kennedy, the 68 Convention in Chicago, Students go nuts all over Europe...
Yeah it's a sort of Choose Your Own Big Moment year, isn't it?

I'm rather impressed :)

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Oh and I forgot to say yeah, all your others were right too :) :)