# Guess the event from the date and place **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 14, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741 "2024-10-14T01:42:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/1 "2024-10-14T01:42:06Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Anyone remember a Trivia game: Guess the event from the date and place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693/13): The rules are simple. I name a date and an approximate location, you guess what famous event occurred there and then. Whoever guesses correctly gets to provide the next date and place. (And no looking up the dates online.) I’ll give an easy one as an example to start us off; **November 22nd, 1963, Dallas, TX** ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/2 "2024-10-14T01:42:59Z")
JfK getting shot. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/3 "2024-10-14T01:43:18Z")
Correct! Now you provide a date and place. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/4 "2024-10-14T01:43:51Z")
August 9, 1969, California. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/5 "2024-10-14T01:46:05Z")
The Manson family murders. **August 15, 1965, Queens, New York** ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/6 "2024-10-14T01:48:12Z")
Beatles concert! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/7 "2024-10-14T01:49:26Z")
Nov. 18, 1978 Guyana ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/8 "2024-10-14T01:51:47Z")
Jonestown Massacre. **March 15, 44 BC, Rome** ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/9 "2024-10-14T01:52:16Z")
Caesar killed! Aug. 16, 1987 global ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/10 "2024-10-14T18:59:59Z")
Astrological Harmonic Convergence **September 17, 1787, Philadelphia, PA** ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/11 "2024-10-14T19:11:36Z")
First Constitutional Convention (name?), which resulted in the US Constitution. **October 8, 1871, in what was then Oconto County, WI** _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/12 "2024-10-14T19:26:12Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > First Constitutional Convention (name?), which resulted in the US Constitution. which was signed on Sept. 17, 1787. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/13 "2024-10-14T20:37:36Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > October 8, 1871, in what was then Oconto County, WI One of the Great Fires of 1871? (I’ll wait for confirmation) ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/14 "2024-10-16T22:07:55Z")
Actually the deadliest wildfire in US history, known as the Great Peshtigo Fire. No actual death count was determined, but consensus is that between 1500 and 2500 people lost their lives. Not many people know about this, though, because it was overshadowed by another conflagration which occured that same day in a lakefront town further south called Chisago, Showago, Chicago, or something like that… You have the conn, Mr. Fudd. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/15 "2024-10-16T23:11:29Z")
**October 11-12, 1975, New York, NY** ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/16 "2024-10-16T23:23:59Z")
The series premiere of SNL? Assuming I’m correct; May 25, 1977, USA ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/17 "2024-10-16T23:37:15Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > May 25, 1977, USA Assuming Smapti was correct: The premier of Star Wars. Assuming I’m correct: **August 21, 1863, Lawrence, Kansas** ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/18 "2024-10-16T23:58:18Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The premier of Star Wars. > > Assuming I’m correct You are. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/19 "2024-10-17T01:26:52Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > August 21, 1863, Lawrence, Kansas (Guessing) The city was sacked by the Confederates? November 30, 2001, suburbs of Seattle, WA ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/20 "2024-10-17T01:49:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The city was sacked by the Confederates? In essence, yes. Specifically, it was Quantrill’s Raid, in which 190 unarmed civilian males were killed and 185 buildings were burned. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741.md?page=2)