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Birthdays & Historical Dates Quiz

Who was born on this day — and what happened when? A 30-question quiz on famous birthdays and historical dates, drawn from verified biographies.

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On which date was Albert Einstein born?
Answer: 14 March 1879
On which date did Apollo 11 land on the Moon?
Answer: 20 July 1969
Which two famous figures were both born on 12 February 1809?
Answer: Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln
On which date was Mahatma Gandhi born?
Answer: 2 October 1869
On which date was Lionel Messi born?
Answer: 24 June 1987
On which date was Cristiano Ronaldo born?
Answer: 5 February 1985
On which date was Usain Bolt born?
Answer: 21 August 1986
On which date does Pakistan celebrate its Independence Day?
Answer: 14 August
On which date did India gain independence from British rule?
Answer: 15 August 1947
On which date did the Berlin Wall fall?
Answer: 9 November 1989
On which date (Gregorian calendar) was Isaac Newton born?
Answer: 4 January 1643
On which date was Marie Curie born?
Answer: 7 November 1867
On which date was Nelson Mandela born?
Answer: 18 July 1918
On which date was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born?
Answer: 27 January 1756
On which date was Muhammad Ali Jinnah born?
Answer: 25 December 1876
On which date was Malala Yousafzai born?
Answer: 12 July 1997
On which date was Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon, born?
Answer: 5 August 1930
On which date was Barack Obama born?
Answer: 4 August 1961
On which date did the Titanic sink?
Answer: 15 April 1912
On which date did the Wright brothers make the first powered flight?
Answer: 17 December 1903
On which date is William Shakespeare's birthday traditionally celebrated?
Answer: 23 April 1564
On which date was Ludwig van Beethoven baptised?
Answer: 17 December 1770
On which date is Allama Iqbal's birthday officially observed in Pakistan?
Answer: 9 November 1877
Which date is widely used as Abdul Sattar Edhi's birthday?
Answer: 28 February 1928
On which date was Leonardo da Vinci born?
Answer: 15 April 1452
On which date did Christopher Columbus first reach land in the Americas?
Answer: 12 October 1492
In which year were the first Nobel Prizes awarded?
Answer: 1901
Stephen Hawking died on 14 March 2018 - the same date as whose birthday?
Answer: Albert Einstein
Which two famous figures share the same birthday, 30 November?
Answer: Winston Churchill and Mark Twain
Which two famous figures share the same birthday, 15 October?
Answer: Babar Azam and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

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