Wherio · October 23rd, 2026
Five real historical events. Guess where each one happened, then compare your score with the answers and locations below.
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1. In Southeast Asia, a photograph captures children fleeing a napalm attack at Trang Bang village and becomes an enduring image of war.
Answer: 🇻🇳 Vietnam · Jun 8th, 1972
The Terror of War depicts Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing after a napalm strike.
2. A surgeon at Groote Schuur Hospital performs the world's first human to human heart transplant.
Answer: 🇿🇦 South Africa · Dec 3rd, 1967
Louis Washkansky lived 18 days with Denise Darvall's heart before dying of pneumonia.
3. In South America, the first lady known as Evita dies after becoming a powerful political figure.
Answer: 🇦🇷 Argentina · Jul 26th, 1952
Eva Perón, known as Evita, was Argentina's first lady and a central figure in her husband's government.
4. An island nation swears in the world's first woman prime minister, the widow of an assassinated leader.
Answer: 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · Jul 21st, 1960
Sirimavo Bandaranaike entered politics after her husband's assassination and served three terms.
5. A Caribbean volcano erupts explosively after 42 years, blanketing an island in ash and forcing 16,000 people to evacuate the surrounding area.
Answer: 🇻🇨 St. Vin. and Gren. · Apr 9th, 2021
La Soufrière's ash reached Barbados, while about 20,000 evacuees needed shelter.
More historical events
- The island nation adopts a new name and becomes a republic.
- The first FIFA World Cup ever held on African soil kicks off to vuvuzela horns.
- Months after declaring independence from France, a new republic stretching from the Red River delta to the Mekong holds its first national election.
- One side of a two-country waterfall system becomes a national park.
- A national park containing Perito Moreno, Upsala, and Spegazzini glaciers is established in its southern province.
- Armored forces capture the southern capital near the Mekong Delta, ending a long war.