This American actor, who won Oscars for his roles in ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest’ and ‘As Good as It Gets’, is born. 1937
Jack Nicholson
89.6%
Anthony Hopkins
1.9%
Robert De Niro
2.2%
Marlon Brando
3.8%
Now a worldwide event, this holiday is first celebrated in cities across the US. 1970
Earth Day
88%
Women's Day
6.3%
Vegetarian Day
0.9%
Mental Health Awareness Day
1.9%
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for ______ war record. 2005
Japan’s
83.3%
China's
2.7%
Vietnam's
6.6%
South Korea's
4.1%
At noon, thousands rush to claim Oklahoma land in the Land Rush of 1889. Those settlers who entered the Unassigned Lands before noon came to be known as ______. 1889
Sooners
80.5%
Sneakers
5.5%
Snitches
2.4%
Stealers
9.6%
This revolutionary, the founder of the Russian Communist Party, is born. 1870
Vladimir Lenin
77.8%
Joseph Stalin
17.7%
Nikita Khrushchev
2%
Georgy Malenkov
1.5%
Embroiled in a custody battle involving the governments of Cuba and the United States, federal agents seize this six-year-old from his relatives' home in Miami. He eventually reunited with his father. 2000
Elián González
71.8%
Juan Ramirez
7.9%
Julian Castro
13.4%
Davíd Garza
3.7%
The US Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864, mandating that the inscription ______ be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. 1864
In God We Trust
64.8%
E Pluribus Unum
29.7%
Liberty
3.9%
Freedom
1.6%
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