'His Airness', future 14-time NBA All-Star, 5-time NBA MVP, and 6-time NBA champion is born in Brooklyn, New York. 1963
Michael Jordan
88.3%
Hakeem Olajuwon
2.1%
Patrick Ewing
4.6%
David Robinson
1.6%
This Charleston stronghold, which was the location of the first battle of the US Civil War, is abandoned by Confederate soldiers. 1865
Fort Sumter
76.5%
Fort Knox
9.6%
Fort McHenry
8.7%
Fort Randolph
2.7%
Myles Standish is named the first military commander of the Plymouth Colony militia located in this contemporary US state. 1621
Massachusetts
73.9%
New York
3.6%
Connecticut
4.9%
Virginia
17.5%
Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov defeats this IBM-built supercomputer in Game 6 to claim the series 4-2 in favor of Kasparov. 1996
Deep Blue
61.9%
Watson
25.2%
REBEL
6.5%
Deep Fritz
2.7%
This Apache warrior dies in US captivity in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. 1909
Geronimo
54.3%
Sitting Bull
36.7%
Cochise
4.1%
Red Cloud
1.9%
This nation surrenders the War of the Quadruple Alliance to Great Britain, France, the Dutch Republic, and Austria by signing the Treaty of the Hague. 1720
Spain
46.1%
Russia
23.4%
Sweden
13.2%
Italy
16.4%
This English historian publishes the first volume of 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.' 1776
Edward Gibbon
35.9%
John Stuart Mill
17.2%
Edmund Burke
29.9%
Adam Smith
15.5%
Remove Ads.
Support Sporcle.
Get the best of Sporcle when you Go Orange. This ad-free experience offers
more features, more stats, and more fun while also helping to support Sporcle. Thank you for
becoming a member.
You're not logged in!
Compare scores with friends on all Sporcle quizzes.
In order to create a playlist on Sporcle, you need to verify the email address you used during registration. Go to your Sporcle Settings to finish the process.
SporcleEXP
Plays
Quiz Updated Feb 17, 2017
Show Comments