Date
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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1
|
1912
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This republic that was later replaced in a civil war, was established
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Republic of China
|
2
|
1978
|
Paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in this country
|
Pakistan
|
3
|
1925
|
This fascist declares dictatorship over an European country
|
Benito Mussolini
|
4
|
1896
|
This country gains independence from the UK
|
Burma
|
5
|
1968
|
This person comes to power, starting the "Prague Spring"
|
Alexander Dubček
|
6
|
1912
|
This state becomes the 47th US state
|
New Mexico
|
7
|
1985
|
This Japanese spacecraft, which is the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union, is launched
|
Sakigake
|
8
|
2020
|
This plane was shot down by an IranIan anti-aircraft missile, killing over 170 people
|
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752
|
9
|
1858
|
This last president of the Republic of Texas (not the state) commits suicide
|
Anson Jones
|
10
|
1920
|
This treaty takes effect, ending WWI
|
Treaty of Versailles
|
11
|
1972
|
Bangladesh is renamed from this former name
|
East Pakistan
|
12
|
1991
|
Congress voted to authorise the use of military force against Iran to end it's occupation of this country
|
Kuwait
|
13
|
1993
|
This convention is signed in the Hague
|
Chemical Weapons Convention
|
14
|
1539
|
Spain annexes this country
|
Cuba
|
15
|
1969
|
The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 5 is launched. Who was it's commander?
|
Boris Volynov
|
16
|
1547
|
This Grand Duke becomes the first Tsar of Russia
|
Ivan IV
|
17
|
1917
|
The US buys the Virgin Islands from this country
|
Denmark
|
18
|
2002
|
Civil war ends in this country
|
Sierra Leone
|
19
|
1607
|
This church, the oldest church in the Philippines, was built
|
San Agustin Church
|
20
|
1841
|
This island is occupied by the UK
|
Hong Kong Island
|
21
|
1925
|
This European country declares itself a republic
|
Albania
|
22
|
1957
|
Israel withdraws from this peninsula
|
Sinai Peninsula
|
23
|
1789
|
This first Christian university is founded
|
Georgetown College
|
24
|
1965
|
This former prime minister passes away
|
Winston Churchill
|
25
|
1918
|
This country declares independence from the USSR
|
Ukraine
|
26
|
1917
|
This US state makes the first prohibition law in USA, prohibiting alcoholic beverages being sold in stores
|
Tennessee
|
27
|
1944
|
This 900-day long siege is lifted
|
Siege of Leningrad
|
28
|
1935
|
This country becomes the first country to legalize therapeutic abortion
|
Iceland
|
29
|
No, won't tell you :)
|
This US president described Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as an “axis of evil” for their attempts to develop nuclear, chemical, or biological weaponry.
|
George W. Bush
|
30
|
1648
|
The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the Eighty Years' War between Spain and this country
|
the Netherlands
|
31
|
1968
|
This Oceanian country gains independence
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Nauru
|