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1.1587 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder who ?
Queen Elizabeth I
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King James VI
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King Rudolf II
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Pope Sixtus V
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2.1879 – The England cricket team led by Lord Harris is attacked in a riot during a match in which city ?
Delhi, India
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Karachi, Pakistan
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Sydney, Australia
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Durban, South Africa
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3.1910 - William D. Boyce founds which US youth organisation?
Boy Scouts of America
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Luther League
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American Cadet Alliance
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American Youth Congress
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4.1921 – Lana Turner, American actress is born in which city ?
Ritzville, Washington
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Great Falls, Montana
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Elko, Nevada
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Wallace, Idaho
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5.1922 – United States President Warren G. Harding introduces the first what to the White House ?
Pet Cat
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Radio Set
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Central Heating System
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Draught Beer Pump
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6.1924 – The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in which state ?
Nevada
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Texas
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Alabama
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North Dakota
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7.1950 - The Stasi is established, it is the secret police organisation of which former country?
East Germany
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Soviet Union
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Yugoslavia
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Czechoslovakia
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8.1969 - A meteorite weighing over 1 ton falls in which Mexican state ?
Chihuahua
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Jalisco
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Baja California Sur
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Oaxaca
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9.1971 – Which stock market index opens for the first time ?
Nikkei 225
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FTSE 100
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IBEX 35
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NASDAQ Composite
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10.1974 – The crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit the American space station, returns to Earth after how many days ?
96
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84
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72
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57
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11.1978 - Crown Prince Sad Abdallah al-Salim Al Sabah becomes Prime Minister of which Middle Eastern country ?
Qatar
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Bahrain
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Kuwait
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Oman
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12.1981 – 21 spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Greece, after a football match between AEK Athens F.C. and which other team ?
Panathinaikos
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Karaiskakis Arta
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Olympiacos
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Aris Thessaloniki
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13.1992 - The Ulysses spacecraft passes which planet ?
Neptune
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Jupiter
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Saturn
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Uranus
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14.1993 – GM sues which TV network after a programme allegedly rigs two crashes to demonstrate that some pickups can easily catch fire if hit in certain places ?
Fox
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NBC
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ABC
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CBS
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15.2014 - A hotel fire kills 15 Egyptian pilgrims in which city?
Aleppo, Syria
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Jerusalem, Israel
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Khartoum, Sudan
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Medina, Saudi Arabia
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16.2015 - Which country wins the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations football championship ?