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1.1216 – King John of England dies at Newark-on-Trent and is succeeded by his son Henry. How old was Henry at the time ?
Nine
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Fifteen
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Twenty-Two
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Four
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2.1386 – Which university holds its first lecture, making it the oldest German university ?
University of Göttingen
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University of Cologne
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Humboldt University of Berlin
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University of Heidelberg
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3.1453 – Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in which region ?
Normandy
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Alsace-Lorraine
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Southern France
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Catalonia
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4.1596 – The Spanish ship San Felipe runs aground on the coast of Japan and its cargo is confiscated by local authorities. It sailed from Manila destined for which country ?
Mexico
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Panama
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Venezuela
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Spain
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5.1812 – The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from which city ?
St.Petersburg
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Moscow
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Minsk
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Kiev
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6.1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now which country from the Ottoman Empire ?
Tunisia
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Morocco
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Libya
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Ethiopia
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7.1922 – British Conservative MPs vote to terminate the coalition government it has with which political party ?
Liberal
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Labour
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Whigs
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Scottish Nationalist
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8.1943 – Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for which disease, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University ?
Smallpox
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Rabies
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Measles
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Tuberculosis
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9.1944 – United States forces land in which country ?
Indonesia
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Philippines
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Papua New Guinea
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Malaysia
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10.1944 – A coup is launched against Juan Federico Ponce Vaides, beginning the ten-year revolution in which country ?
Mexico
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Honduras
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Guatemala
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Venezuela
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11.1950 – Which country is the to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program ?
Iran
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Yemen
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Liberia
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Chile
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12.1986 – The president of Mozambique, along with 33 others, die when their aircraft crashes into which African mountain range ?
Hoggar
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Lebombo
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Drakensberg
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Rwenzori
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13.1989 – The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent how long in prison ?
Two Years
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Eight Years
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Nineteen Years
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Fifteen Years
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14.2003 – Mother Teresa is beatified by which Pope ?
John Paul II
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Benedict XVI
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Francis
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John Paul I
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15.2005 – Which hurricane becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb ?