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1.254 – Which Pope succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church ?
Pope Cornelius
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Pope Sixtus II
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Pope Stephen I
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Pope Dionysius
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2.1191 – Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre, she is crowned Queen consort of England the same day. Where were they married ?
Cyprus
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England
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Spain
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Wales
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3.1364 – Jagiellonian University, the oldest university in Poland, is founded in which city ?
Warsaw
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Gdansk
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Katowice
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Krakow
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4.1551 – National University of San Marcos, the oldest university in the Americas, is founded in which city ?
Quito, Ecuador
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Lima, Peru
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Mexico City, Mexico
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5.1881 – Which country becomes a French protectorate ?
Tunisia
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Algeria
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Chad
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Morocco
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6.1926 – The Italian-built airship "Norge" becomes the first vessel to fly over where ?
Himalayas
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Atlantic Ocean
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North Pole
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Siberia
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7.1941 – Konrad Zuse presents the Z3 in Berlin, the world's first working what ?
Jet Propelled Rocket
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Programmable Digital Computer
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Radar Device
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Electric Train
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8.1942 – World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of which river by the German submarine U-507 ?
Hudson
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Thames
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Severn
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Mississippi
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9.1965 – The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes where ?
The Moon
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Pacific Ocean
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Siberia
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Kazakhstan
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10.1982 – At the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with what ?
Revolver
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His Fists
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Bayonet
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Grenade
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11.2003 – Bombings carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 26 people, at a compound in which city ?
Paris, France
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Baghdad, Iraq
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Ankara, Turkey
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12.2008 – An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in which Chinese province, killing over 69,000 people ?
Sichuan
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Hubei
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Jiangsu
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Shaanxi
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13.2017 – A ransomware attack attacks over 400 thousand computers worldwide, targeting computers of which of the United Kingdom's national services ?
National Air Traffic Service
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution
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National Health Service
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Royal Navy
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14.1942 – Ian Dury, English singer-songwriter, founder member of "The Blockheads" was born. Which of these is NOT one of his hit singles ?
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
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Fire Starter
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Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
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Reasons to Be Cheerful, Part 3
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15.2014 – Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist dies. What company did he transform from regional to Global ?