# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/61 "2025-01-13T02:38:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > August 12, 1990, Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota Is that you Sue? Not sure about this one, but I think maybe. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/62 "2025-01-13T17:56:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Being captured was probably the best thing that happened to the poor Germans who were stuffed into that overheated, smelly, cramped tin can. Tour the USS _Cobia_ in Manitowoc WI, or any of the other WWII _Gato_ or _Balao_-class submarines on historical display, and you’ll see that the US swabbies of that era weren’t exactly living in the lap of luxury either. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/63 "2025-01-14T02:09:26Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Tour the USS _Cobia_ in Manitowoc WI, or any of the other WWII _Gato_ or _Balao_-class submarines on historical display, and you’ll see that the US swabbies of that era weren’t exactly living in the lap of luxury either. I mean, it’s been 70 years since U-505 last went to sea, and her engine room STILL reeks of diesel fuel today. I can only imagine what that thing smelled like when it was airtight and packed full of 70+ basically-teenagers who hadn’t had a shower in months, no deodorant, only had so many uniforms to rotate through, had to share one bathroom, and were living off a diet of pickled sausages, tinned fish, hardtack, and bean soup. Anyway, “the discovery of Sue the T-rex” was the correct answer to the last question, so… **Tuesday nights, November 1964 - April 1965, London, UK** ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/64 "2025-01-14T02:34:46Z")
The Who’s residency at the Marquess Club **November 15, 2022 - uh, Earth** ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/65 "2025-01-14T02:37:36Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > The Who’s residency at the Marquess Club That’s the Marquee Club, you dirty Rocker. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/66 "2025-01-14T02:42:32Z")
I originally wrote the Masque, which was a club in Hollywood…in the 1970s. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/67 "2025-01-14T07:30:15Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > November 15, 2022 - uh, Earth The population reaches 8 billion? Assuming I’m correct; **October 5-14 1582, the entirety of the known Universe** ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/68 "2025-01-14T15:18:01Z")
The Gregorian calendar eliminated 10 days to correct for old Julian date inconsistencies. **August 27, 1883, Indonesia** ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/69 "2025-01-14T16:00:43Z")
The eruption/explosion of Krakatoa. **December 25, 800, the Basilica of Saint Peter** ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/70 "2025-01-14T16:43:47Z")
The coronation of Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. **July 17, 1955, Anaheim, CA** ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/71 "2025-01-14T19:57:28Z")
Grand opening of Disneyland. February 1, 2004, Houston TX ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/72 "2025-01-15T20:47:46Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > February 1, 2004, Houston TX I think maybe the Janet Jackson Halftime show “undressing”? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/73 "2025-02-13T21:27:51Z")
**August 9, 1974, Washington DC** ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/74 "2025-02-14T15:20:56Z")
RMN resigned. **August 26, 1071, North of Lake Van, Asia Minor** ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741/75 "2025-02-14T16:23:52Z")
The Battle of Manzikert fought. The Byzantines under the emperor Romanus IV Diogenes were defeated by the Seljuq Turks. **October 29, 1956 the Sinai peninsula** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008741.md?page=3)