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1.1534 – Jacques Cartier begins his first voyage to what is today the east coast of where ?
Canada
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USA
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Mexico
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Africa
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2.1535 – The sun dog phenomenon is observed over which city, as later depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan ?
Tromso
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Oulo
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Stockholm
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Murmansk
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3.1657 – Admiral Robert Blake destroys a Spanish silver fleet under heavy fire at a battle off which island ?
Ibiza
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Madeira
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Guernsey
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Tenerife
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4.1657 – Freedom of religion is granted to members of which religion in New Amsterdam (later New York) ?
Jews
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Muslims
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Buddhists
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Catholics
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5.1861 – American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of which state ?
Texas
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Georgia
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Maine
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Virginia
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6.1865 – Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, what does the disc measure ?
Wind Speed
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Water Clarity
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Movement of Stars
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Atmospheric Pressure
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7.1908 – Opening day of competition in the which Rugby League ?
New Zealand
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Scotland
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New South Wales
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Cape Province
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8.1914 – Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a coal-miners' strike in which state ?
Utah
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Oklahoma
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Idaho
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Colorado
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9.1918 – Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his last two victims, his final victories before his death the following day. What numbers were they ?
79th and 80th
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83rd and 84th
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70th and 71st
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96th and 97th
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10.1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to which section of the military ?
Luftwaffe
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Kriegsmarine
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Hitler Youth
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Infantry
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11.1968 – Which English politician makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech ?
Harold Wilson
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Reginald Maudling
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Edward Heath
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Enoch Powell
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12.1998 – Air France Flight 422 crashes, killing all 53 people on board, after taking off from El Dorado International Airport in which city ?
Quito, Ecuador
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Bogota, Colombia
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Tegucigalpa, Honduras
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Manaus, Brazil
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13.2008 – Danica Patrick becomes the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race. Which race ?
Miami Indy 300
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Gold Coast Indy 300
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Indy Japan 300
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Honda Indy Toronto
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14.2010 – The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers and beginning an oil spill that would last for approximately how long ?
Six Months
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One Year
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Three Months
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Fifteen Months
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15.2013 – A 6.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Lushan County, Ya'an, in which Chinese province ?