Day
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Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1
|
1973
|
This Palestinian militant organization storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, eventually leading to the death of three European diplomats
|
Black September Organization
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2
|
1946
|
This Vietnamese politician and revolutionary is elected the president of North Vietnam.
|
Ho Chi Minh
|
3
|
1878
|
The Russo-Turkish War ends, freeing this country from Ottoman rule
|
Bulgaria
|
4
|
1386
|
This Lithuanian Christian becomes King of Poland (Use his Polish name)
|
Władysław II Jagiełło
|
5
|
1940
|
This massacre of Poles by the USSR starts
|
Katyn Massacre
|
6
|
1820
|
The Missouri Compromise is signed by this US president
|
James Monroe
|
7
|
1936
|
In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies this region.
|
Rhineland
|
8
|
1658
|
After a defeat in the Northern War, this Norway-Denmark King cedes almost half of its territory to Sweden.
|
Frederick III
|
9
|
1847
|
The first large-scale amphibious assault in U.S. history is launched here
|
Veracruz
|
10
|
241 BC
|
The Romans won this battle decisively by drinking the Carthaginian fleet, forcing the end of the First Punic War
|
Battle of the Aegates
|
11
|
2006
|
This person becomes the first female president of Chile
|
Michelle Bachelet
|
12
|
1938
|
Under this act, Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany
|
Anschluss
|
13
|
2016
|
37 were killed in the Ankara bombing, organized by extremists in this ethnic minority
|
Kurds
|
14
|
1939
|
This fascist republic declares independence under German influence
|
First Slovak Republic
|
15
|
1990
|
This person was elected as the first president of the Soviet Union
|
Mikhail Gorbachev
|
16
|
1945
|
This city was severely bombed by the UK, resulting in 5000 deaths
|
Würzburg
|
17
|
1921
|
The Second Polish Republic adopts this constitution
|
March Constitution
|
18
|
1241
|
This battle between Poland and the Mongols was won by the Mongols, which proceeded to ransack the city of Kraków
|
Chmielnik
|
19
|
1946
|
French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Réunion become this special administrative division of France
|
Overseas département
|
20
|
2003
|
The US, UK, Australia and this country's armies enter Iraq.
|
Poland
|
21
|
1871
|
This person becomes the Chancellor of the German Empire
|
Otto von Bismarck
|
22
|
1939
|
Nazi Germany takes this coastal area from Lithuania
|
Memel
|
23
|
1801
|
This Tsar is violently killed in his bedroom
|
Paul I of Russia
|
24
|
1603
|
This Scottish King inherits the English throne
|
James Vl/I
|
25
|
1802
|
This treaty is signed, ending the French Revolutionary War
|
Treaty of Amiens
|
26
|
1169
|
This Sunni becomes the Emir of Egypt, founding the Ayyubid Dynasty
|
Saladin
|
27
|
1625
|
This King, later executed, becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland
|
Charles I
|
28
|
1854
|
France and Britain declare war on Russia in this war
|
Crimean War
|
29
|
1831
|
The natives here rebel against the Ottomans, starting a war
|
Great Bosnian Uprising
|
30
|
1867
|
Alaska is sold to the US by this secretary of state
|
William Seward
|
31
|
1889
|
This European iron tower, is opened
|
Eiffel Tower
|