The American Civil War begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort ______, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. 1861
Sumter
86.1%
Monroe
5.6%
Stevens
3.9%
Davidson
4%
______ becomes the first human to travel into outer space. 1961
Yuri Gagarin
82%
Alan Shepard
4.6%
John Glenn
7.8%
Alexey Leonov
3.1%
This American author, who wrote ‘The Hunt for Red October’, is born. 1947
Tom Clancy
81.3%
J.D. Salinger
5.1%
David Foster Wallace
3.8%
Michael Crichton
7.9%
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office, leaving this man as president. 1945
Harry Truman
76.3%
Herbert Hoover
6.7%
Dwight D. Eisenhower
9.3%
Calvin Coolidge
6.1%
The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland. The resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland ______. 1992
Paris
69.8%
Europe
17.8%
London
2.2%
EU
7.1%
This American actress, who starred in ‘Romeo + Juliet’, is born. 1979
Claire Danes
68.2%
Scarlett Johansson
10.7%
Natalie Portman
14.4%
Amy Adams
3.8%
This state adopts the Halifax Resolves, the first official action in the American Colonies calling for independence from Great Britain. 1776
North Carolina
16.1%
Delaware
23.9%
Pennsylvania
15%
Massachusetts
44.9%
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