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1.1512 – The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is exhibited to the public for the first time. It was painted by which artist ?
Michelangelo
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Leonardo da Vinci
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Raphael
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Donatello
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2.1604 – Which of William Shakespeare's plays is performed for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London ?
The Tempest
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Othello
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Romeo and Juliet
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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3.1805 – Napoleon Bonaparte invades which country during the War of the Third Coalition ?
Russia
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Poland
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Germany
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Austria
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4.1884 – The Gaelic Athletic Association is set up in Hayes's Hotel in which Irish town ?
Letterkenny, County Donegal
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Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan
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Thurles, County Tipperary
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Blackwater, County Wexford
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5.1896 – A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in which magazine for the first time ?
Vogue
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National Geographic
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Playboy
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Time
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6.1914 – World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the coast of which country ?
Chile
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Morocco
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India
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Norway
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7.1937 – Stalinists execute Pastor Paul Hamberg and seven members of which country's Lutheran community ?
Georgia
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Armenia
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Azerbaijan
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Kyrgyzstan
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8.1951 – Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred American soldiers are exposed to what "experimental training" in Nevada ?
Chemical weapons
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Atomic explosions
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Infectious diseases
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Dehydration experiments
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9.1954 – The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of which country's War of Independence ?
Tunisia
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Cameroon
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Suriname
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Algeria
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10.1955 – Which war begins on this day ?
Korean War
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Cameroonian Independence War
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Vietnam War
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North Yemen Civil War
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11.1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America's film rating system is officially introduced, originating with ratings identified with which letters ?
U, A, AA, and X
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G, M, R, and X
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U, 12, 18, and XXX
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G, A, and X
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12.1979 – Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara in which country ?
Bolivia
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Chile
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Ecuador
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Panama
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13.1979 – Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico. Which state ?
Durango
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Baja California Sur
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Jalisco
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Colima
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14.1982 – Which company becomes the first Asian automobile manufacturer to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory in Ohio ?
Kia
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Toyota
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Honda
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Nissan
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15.2012 – A fuel tank truck crashes and explodes in which Asian capital, killing 26 people and injuring 135 ?