# A History Test (A Game of sorts) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 13, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723 "2003-12-13T03:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/41 "2003-12-13T07:07:02Z")
**May 29th, 1848** Wisconsin becomes a state August 24th, 1814 ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/42 "2003-12-13T07:13:49Z")
**August 24th, 1814** : The British (Canadians, eh?) march on Washington and burn the White House. May 10, 1869 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/43 "2003-12-13T07:16:17Z")
I’m giving three dates at one time for a reason. The same event happened on all three dates: November 9, 1965 July 13, 1977 August 14, 2003 ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/44 "2003-12-13T07:16:45Z")
**May 10, 1869** - The transcontinental railroad was completed. October 1, 1949 ---
**Author:** ![Obsidian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/51bf81/32.png) [@Obsidian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obsidian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/45 "2003-12-13T07:20:24Z")
November 9, 1965 July 13, 1977 August 14, 2003 The “great blackout” ---
**Author:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/46 "2003-12-13T07:21:43Z")
**November 9, 1965 July 13, 1977 August 14, 2003** Major power outages strike the Eastern US, and Central Canada I’ll keep Palve’s on the go here, October 1st, 1949 ---
**Author:** ![PucksRaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecd19e/32.png) [@PucksRaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PucksRaven)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/47 "2003-12-13T07:28:59Z")
Damn **Obsidian** and her contagious dorkiness. October 1st, 1949 People’ Republic of China became communist. Is that the right way to say it? June 15th 1215 ---
**Author:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/48 "2003-12-13T07:32:50Z")
**June 12th, 1215** The Magna Carta is signed, creating, in theory, the world’s first modern constitution. 21st October 1805 ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/49 "2003-12-13T07:33:29Z")
**June 15th 1215 - King John signs the Magna Carta (…I hope)** July 16, 1918? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/50 "2003-12-13T07:42:38Z")
14 March 1879 – The month and day I was born, but not the year. ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/51 "2003-12-13T07:43:45Z")
Oh well, I was late but I was right! 21st October 1805 - Battle of Trafalgar January 26, 1788 ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/52 "2003-12-13T07:57:22Z")
March 14, 1879 - Albert Einstein was born. January 26, 1788 - Captain Cook “discovers” Australia. March 9, 1916 ---
**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/53 "2003-12-13T08:15:26Z")
March 9, 1916: Germany declares war on Portugal AND Pancho Villa leads a band of men into Columbus, NM, killing a dozen. October 13, 1660 hint: it was my poor, misunderstood Great-G-G-G-G-G-G Grandfather ---
**Author:** ![Newton\_meter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@Newton\_meter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newton_meter)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/54 "2003-12-13T17:05:12Z")
**July 16, 1918** Czar Nicholas of Russia and his family executed. No new ones, but I dug through and found the ones that haven’t been answered yet. Two of them stump me, one was my own: November 24, 1978 February 14, 1946 October 13, 1660 ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/55 "2003-12-13T17:24:27Z")
I don’t have any answers (the posted ones that I know have already been answered), but I have two dates. May 18, 1980 September 1, 1983 ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/56 "2003-12-13T17:27:16Z")
**May 18, 1980** Mt St Helens erupts. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/57 "2003-12-13T17:28:23Z")
**Sept 1, 1983** Passenger flight KAL007 shot down by the Russians. ---
**Author:** ![Newton\_meter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@Newton\_meter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newton_meter)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/58 "2003-12-13T17:28:49Z")
**May 18, 1980** Mount St. Helens erupts **September 1, 1983** Korean Air Lines flight 007 shot down by Soviet fighters over USSR airspace. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/59 "2003-12-13T19:08:29Z")
\*\*_Earl of Sandwich- What’s the answer to Nov 24, 1978?_ It seems as though no one has answered it and it’s been on the board for a while. So, how about an answer? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723/60 "2003-12-13T21:13:49Z")
I think I was wrong. I thought it was Jonestown. But maybe that happened on the 18th. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-test-a-game-of-sorts/218723.md?page=4)