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1.511 – King Clovis I dies at Lutetia and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve. Lutetia is now known as which French city ?
Lyon
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Paris
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Lille
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Nice
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2.1727 – The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church is laid in which city ?
Cairo
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Singapore
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Berlin
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Boston
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3.1835 – James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for which crime in England ?
Theft
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Grave Robbing
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Impersonating a clergyman
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Sodomy
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4.1856 – The Coup of 1856 leads to which nation's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution ?
Luxembourg
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Argentina
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Morocco
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Lebanon
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5.1868 – Battle of Washita River: U S Army Lieutenant Colonel George Custer leads an attack on Native Americans from which tribe that are living on reservation land ?
Sioux
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Apache
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Cheyenne
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Cherokee
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6.1942 – World War II: The French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands in which port ?
Cherbourg
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Toulon
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Marseille
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Le Havre
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7.1945 – CARE was founded to a send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II. What does the acronym CARE stand for ?
Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe
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Center for American Relief Establishments
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Caring And Real Empathy
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Charity for All Refugees in Europe
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8.1962 – Charlie Benante, American drummer and songwriter is born. He is best known as the drummer in which thrash metal band ?
Slayer
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Motorhead
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Kreator
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Anthrax
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9.1968 – Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball. What other sport did she participate in ?
Nascar
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Horse Racing
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Baseball
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Diving
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10.1971 – The Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. Which nation built it ?
United States
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United Kingdom
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Soviet Union
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France
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11.1975 – The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after he had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings across England. Whic book was he a co-founder of ?
Who's Who
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Roget's Thesaurus
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Old Moore's Almanack
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Guiness Book of Records
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12.1978 – City mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White in which city ?
San Francisco
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New York
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Los Angeles
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Chicago
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13.1989 – A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. Which organisation claimed responsibility ?
National Liberation Army (ELN)
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Medellín Cartel
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Al Qaeda
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The Shining Path
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14.2001 – An atmosphere of which gas is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet ?
Helium
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Methane
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Nitrogen
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Hydrogen
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15.2009 – A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and which other city ?