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In 1955, this California theme park opened its doors with Walt Disney himself welcoming guests on opening day.
Disneyland
This pandemic wiped out half of Europe's population, originating from fleas
The Bubonic Plague/Black Death/Black Plague/whatever you call it
This is the year the Berlin Wall fell.
1989
This founder of Rome is said to have killed his brother Remus over an insult about a wall
Romulus
Who was the president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the 1980s video game featuring a plumber in red and overalls that skyrocketed in popularity?
Super Mario Bros
A document signed in 1215 that limited the king's power and protected people's rights
The Magna Carta
His famous speech proclaimed that an "iron curtain" had been cast through Europe at the beginning of the Cold War.
Winston Churchill
This ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"
Hippocrates
Bill of Rights
This was the year that Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope came out.
1977
This man kickstarted the Protestant Reformation with his 95 theses
Martin Luther
This is the country Adolf Hitler is from.
This ancient stone slab discovered in Egypt in 1799 provided the key to deciphering hieroglyphics
The Rosetta Stone
Where did the Pilgrims land first upon arriving in America?
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Actor Nancy Cartwright of “The Simpsons” is the aunt of which famous singer?
Sabrina Carpenter
This real life war was the inspiration for the HBO show "Game of Thrones".
The Wars of the Roses
This final Tsar of Russia was murdered, along with his family, by Bolsheviks
Tsar Nicholas II
This historically important region of western Asia has a name that comes from the Greek for "between rivers," since the region lies between the Tigris and the Euphrates
Mesopotamia
He famously turned his back on the Continental Army during the American Revolution, becoming a traitor to the revolution by siding with Great Britain.
Benedict Arnold
In 1981, this music channel debuted with the first music video, Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles, changing the way people consumed music.
This woman was the "survived" and last wife of King Henry VIII of England, less commonly known for being the first woman in England who published a book under her own name.
Catherine Parr
Taking place in the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC, the Punic Wars were a series of wars fought between the Roman Republic and this city-state in modern day Tunisia
Carthage
This United States general dispatched troops to San Juan island, which was shared between the US and British, after a dispute between an American farmer and a British citizen due to the farmer shooting the British man's pig.
William S. Harney