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1500 – Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot in what is now which modern day country ?
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1531 - Which European city is hit by an Earthquake; killing around 30,000 people ?
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1837 - Which state is admitted as the 26th state of the US ?
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1841 - Which region is proclaimed a sovereign territory of Britain ?
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1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats , is found at the Premier Mine near which city in South Africa ?
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1918 – Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs what on top of the Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war ?
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1920 – Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches which Motor Company ?
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1925 – Paul Newman, American actor, activist, director, race car driver, and businessman is born in a suburb of which US city ?
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1942 – World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing where ?
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1952 - At least 20 people are killed and 100s injured during riots against the British in which African city ?
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1961 – John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be the first female what ?
Physician to the President.
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1962 – Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by how many miles ?
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1972 - Vesna Vulović is the only survivor after what tragedy ?
Fall from exploding airplane following terrorist attack over Czechoslovakia
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Ship capsizing in the Atlantic Ocean
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Avalanche in St. Moritz, Switzerland
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Train crash in Goa, India
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1979 - "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on which the CBS TV network. What type of car was the "General Lee"?
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1989 - AT&T reports its first loss in how many years ?
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2020 -Five time NBA champion, Kobe Bryant is killed in a helicopter crash near to which US city?