History Quiz : The year 1963

Question 1

While riding in a motorcade through Dallas, President John F Kennedy was shot and fatally wounded, leading to national mourning.

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Question 2

While riding in a motorcade through Dallas, President John F Kennedy was shot and fatally wounded, leading to national mourning.

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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Assassination of James Garfield

Question 3

While riding in a motorcade through Dallas, President John F Kennedy was shot and fatally wounded, leading to national mourning.

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Assassination of John F Kennedy

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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Assassination of James Garfield

Question 4

While riding in a motorcade through Dallas, President John F Kennedy was shot and fatally wounded, leading to national mourning.

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Assassination of John F Kennedy

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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Assassination of James Garfield

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Assassination of Robert Kennedy

Question 5

The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay closed due to high operating costs and deteriorating facilities.

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Closing of Sing Sing prison

Question 6

The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay closed due to high operating costs and deteriorating facilities.

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Closure of Alcatraz prison

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Closing of Sing Sing prison

Question 7

The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay closed due to high operating costs and deteriorating facilities.

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Closure of Alcatraz prison

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Closing of Sing Sing prison

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Opening of Rikers Island

Question 8

The federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay closed due to high operating costs and deteriorating facilities.

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Closure of Alcatraz prison

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Closing of Sing Sing prison

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Opening of Rikers Island

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Opening of Guantanamo Bay

Question 9

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova orbited Earth aboard Vostok Six, becoming the first woman to travel into space.

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First woman to climb Everest

Question 10

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova orbited Earth aboard Vostok Six, becoming the first woman to travel into space.

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First woman to climb Everest

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First woman on the Moon

Question 11

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova orbited Earth aboard Vostok Six, becoming the first woman to travel into space.

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First woman to climb Everest

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First woman on the Moon

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First woman to sail solo around the world

Question 12

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova orbited Earth aboard Vostok Six, becoming the first woman to travel into space.

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First woman in space

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First woman to climb Everest

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First woman on the Moon

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First woman to sail solo around the world

Question 13

The East African territory of Kenya declared independence from Britain and Jomo Kenyatta became its prime minister.

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Independence of Kenya

Question 14

The East African territory of Kenya declared independence from Britain and Jomo Kenyatta became its prime minister.

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Independence of Kenya

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Independence of Mali

Question 15

The East African territory of Kenya declared independence from Britain and Jomo Kenyatta became its prime minister.

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Independence of Kenya

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Independence of Mali

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Independence of Rwanda

Question 16

The East African territory of Kenya declared independence from Britain and Jomo Kenyatta became its prime minister.

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Independence of Kenya

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Independence of Mali

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Independence of Rwanda

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Independence of Sudan

Question 17

Leaders from thirty two newly independent African states met in Addis Ababa to create the Organisation of African Unity, Africa’s first continental body.

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Formation of OPEC

Question 18

Leaders from thirty two newly independent African states met in Addis Ababa to create the Organisation of African Unity, Africa’s first continental body.

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Formation of OPEC

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Formation of ASEAN

Question 19

Leaders from thirty two newly independent African states met in Addis Ababa to create the Organisation of African Unity, Africa’s first continental body.

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Formation of OPEC

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Formation of ASEAN

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Formation of the European Union

Question 20

Leaders from thirty two newly independent African states met in Addis Ababa to create the Organisation of African Unity, Africa’s first continental body.

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Formation of the Organisation of African Unity

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Formation of OPEC

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Formation of ASEAN

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Formation of the European Union

Question 21

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington D C for a civil rights rally where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his I Have a Dream speech.

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Chicago Seven protest

Question 22

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington D C for a civil rights rally where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his I Have a Dream speech.

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March on Washington

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Chicago Seven protest

Question 23

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington D C for a civil rights rally where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his I Have a Dream speech.

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March on Washington

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Chicago Seven protest

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Million Man March

Question 24

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington D C for a civil rights rally where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his I Have a Dream speech.

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March on Washington

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Chicago Seven protest

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Million Man March

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Women’s March

Question 25

A Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc publicly set himself on fire in Saigon to protest the South Vietnamese government’s persecution of Buddhists.

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Immolation of Jan Palach

Question 26

A Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc publicly set himself on fire in Saigon to protest the South Vietnamese government’s persecution of Buddhists.

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Immolation of Jan Palach

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Kent State shootings

Question 27

A Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc publicly set himself on fire in Saigon to protest the South Vietnamese government’s persecution of Buddhists.

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Thich Quang Duc self immolation

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Immolation of Jan Palach

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Kent State shootings

Question 28

A Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc publicly set himself on fire in Saigon to protest the South Vietnamese government’s persecution of Buddhists.

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Thich Quang Duc self immolation

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Immolation of Jan Palach

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Kent State shootings

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Tiananmen Square protest

Question 29

The United States Post Office introduced a Zone Improvement Plan code to speed up mail delivery, assigning five letter codes to areas.

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Introduction of the ZIP code

Question 30

The United States Post Office introduced a Zone Improvement Plan code to speed up mail delivery, assigning five letter codes to areas.

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Introduction of the ZIP code

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Introduction of the bar code

Question 31

The United States Post Office introduced a Zone Improvement Plan code to speed up mail delivery, assigning five letter codes to areas.

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Introduction of the ZIP code

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Introduction of the bar code

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Introduction of the area code

Question 32

The United States Post Office introduced a Zone Improvement Plan code to speed up mail delivery, assigning five letter codes to areas.

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Introduction of the ZIP code

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Introduction of the bar code

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Introduction of the area code

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Introduction of postal drones

Question 33

The Beatles released their first studio album Please Please Me on Parlophone, featuring songs such as I Saw Her Standing There.

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Release of Please Please Me album

Question 34

The Beatles released their first studio album Please Please Me on Parlophone, featuring songs such as I Saw Her Standing There.

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Release of Please Please Me album

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Release of Let It Be album

Question 35

The Beatles released their first studio album Please Please Me on Parlophone, featuring songs such as I Saw Her Standing There.

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Release of Please Please Me album

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Release of Let It Be album

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Release of Abbey Road album

Question 36

The Beatles released their first studio album Please Please Me on Parlophone, featuring songs such as I Saw Her Standing There.

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Release of Please Please Me album

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Release of Let It Be album

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Release of Abbey Road album

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Release of Sgt Pepper album

Question 37

The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union signed a treaty banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space and under water.

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Geneva Protocol

Question 38

The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union signed a treaty banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space and under water.

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Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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Geneva Protocol

Question 39

The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union signed a treaty banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space and under water.

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Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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Geneva Protocol

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Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

Question 40

The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union signed a treaty banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space and under water.

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Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

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Geneva Protocol

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Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

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Treaty of Versailles