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1.673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. What flower is this throne named after ?
Chrysanthemum
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Daffodil
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Cherry Blossom
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Daisy
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2.1616 – Sir Walter Raleigh is freed after 13 years of imprisonment in which building ?
Shepton Mallet Gaol
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Lancaster Castle
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Tower of London
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King's Bench Prison
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3.1760 – The Great ______ Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings, in which city ?
London
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Chicago
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Tokyo
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Boston
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4.1815 – After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule, with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around how many men ?
100,000
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200,000
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300,000
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400,000
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5.1888 – The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in which city ?
Moscow
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Bucharest
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Budapest
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Dubrovnik
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6.1922 – The USS Langley is commissioned as the first of what type of vessel for the United States Navy ?
Minesweeper
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Fuel Resupply Vessel
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Ice Breaker
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Aircraft Carrier
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7.1923 – The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the first showing in the United States by which artist ?
Edvard Munch
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Pablo Picasso
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Henri Matisse
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Salvador Dalí
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8.1933 – Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the creation of which concentration camp ?
Dachau
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Auschwitz
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Belsen
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Buchenwald
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9.1942 – World War II: General Douglas MacArthur makes his famous speech regarding the fall of which country?
Indonesia
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Japan
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Philippines
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Vietnam
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10.1956 – Tunisia gains independence from which country ?
France
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United Kingdom
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Spain
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Belgium
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11.1969 - John Lennon marries Yoko Ono in which British Overseas Territory ?
Akrotiri
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Hong Kong
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Bermuda
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Gibraltar
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12.1980 - The "Mi Amigo" ship sinks. It is the base of which English pirate radio station?
Radio London
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Radio Atlanta
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Radio Caroline
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Radio North Sea International
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13.1985 – Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win which endurance race ?
Pikes Peak Marathon
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Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
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Self-Transcendence 3100 Mile Race
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Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
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14.1987 – The Food and Drug Administration approves the drug AZT in the fight against which disease ?
Cancer
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Influenza
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AIDS
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Multiple Sclerosis
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15.1993 – A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in which English town leading to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland ?
Hereford
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Warrington
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Newquay
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King's Lynn
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16.1999 - Lego opens its first non-European theme park in which country?