This city in Iraq falls to American forces, and Iraqis tear down a grand statue of their former leader, Saddam Hussein. 2003
Baghdad
83.4%
Mosul
9.8%
Damascus
1.6%
Beirut
2.9%
This American actress, who received widespread recognition for playing Bella Swan in ‘The Twilight Saga’ film series, is born. 1990
Kristen Stewart
79.6%
Emma Watson
4.9%
Jennifer Lawrence
7.7%
Emma Stone
5.7%
In Tbilisi, ______, some 60,000 people protest against the government of Mikheil Saakashvili. 2009
Georgia
66.3%
Armenia
10.5%
Kazakhstan
14.1%
Moldova
6.5%
Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by revolutionaries in this country, who start a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage, and the nationalization of tin mines. 1952
Bolivia
62.4%
Brazil
8.3%
Argentina
23.6%
Mexico
4.5%
The first game of the ______ Basketball Association, the second oldest continuously existing professional basketball league in the world, is played in Quezon City. 1975
Philippine
56.4%
Chinese
24.6%
Japanese
7.4%
South Korean
9.8%
NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the ‘______’. 1959
Mercury Seven
50.8%
Gemini Seven
12.4%
Apollo Seven
32%
Columbia Seven
3.4%
German forces launch their third offensive of this major World War I battle, the largest and longest battle on the Western Front. 1916
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Quiz Updated Apr 9, 2018
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