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1.1527 – Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of which Asian city ?
Jakarta
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Manila
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Singapore
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Kuala Lumpur
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2.1783 – A poisonous cloud caused by the eruption of the Laki volcano in Iceland reaches which city in France ?
Toulouse
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Perpignan
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Le Havre
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Lille
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3.1893 – Which Royal Navy battleship accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria killing 358 crew, including the fleet's commander ?
HMS Implacable
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HMS Camperdown
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HMS Goliath
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HMS Royal Oak
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4.1911 – Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of which city ?
Tijuana
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Monterrey
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Hermosillo
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Durango
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5.1921 – Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region in which country ?
Algeria
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Gambia
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Mali
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Morocco
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6.1940 – World War II: France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany. It was signed in what mode of transport ?
Submarine
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Railway carriage
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Bus
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Private Yacht
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7.1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany invades which country in Operation Barbarossa ?
Soviet Union
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Norway
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Turkey
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Malta
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8.1944 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as what ?
The Soldiers Charter
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The G.I. Bill
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The Military Mend
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The Army Apology
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9.1948 – The ship "HMT Empire Windrush" brought the first group of 802 West Indian immigrants to which UK port ?
Portbury
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Southampton
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Liverpool
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Tilbury
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10.1948 – King George VI formally gives up the title "Emperor of India", how long after Britain actually gave up its rule of India ?
One year
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Two years
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Six months
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Two months
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11.1984 – Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from which UK airport ?
London Gatwick
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Prestwick
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London Heathrow
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Manchester
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12.2012 – President Fernando Lugo is removed from office by impeachment and succeeded by Federico Franco in which country ?
Spain
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Paraguay
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Guatemala
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Andorra
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13.2009 – A metro train traveling southbound near Fort Totten station collides into another train waiting to enter the station in which city ?
New York
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Seattle
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Dallas
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Washington D.C.
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14.1936 – Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor is born. In the film "Convoy" what was his CB handle ?
Rubber Duck
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Cottonmouth
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Pig Pen
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Spider Mike
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15.1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress and singer is also born on this day. She won an Oscar for portraying which world leader ?