Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the Moon, mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin. In what year did Apollo 11 land on the moon?

In 1776 we declared our independence from England, but it was many years until George Washington was inaugurated as the First President of the United States.  In what year was he inaugurated?

President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22 in Dallas by Lee Harvey Oswald only to be shot himself a few days later by Jack Ruby.  In what year was JFK killed?

The Civil War was the result of years of tensions between the North and South over slavery, states rights and Western expansion and came to a head when Abraham Lincoln was elected President and 7 states seceded with 4 more to follow.  In what year did the Civil War begin?

On April 9th Grant accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House and just 5 days later, actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln and just 12 days later, the Civil War was over. In what year did the Civil War end?

On December 7th the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor killing over 2,400 Americans and effectively pushing the United States to enter World War II in both the Pacific and Europe.  Known as 'A Day That Will Live In Infamy", what year did this attack occur?

On September 11th, a nation watched in shock as 3,000 of its citizens were murdered in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington DC in coordinated terrorist attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers.  In what year did these attacks occur?

While a nation watched in shock, NASA  mission STS-51-L, the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just over a minute into flight killing all 7 crew members.  In what year did Challenger explode?

Barack Obama was the first African American man to be elected as President with wide support across party lines.  He garnered almost 70 million popular votes, still the most of any president and a sizable margin in the Electoral College to become the 44th President of the United States.  In what year was he elected?