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1226 – The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in which city ?
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1390 – The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of which city ?
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1609 – Henry Hudson discovers which island and the indigenous people living there ?
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1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against which nation ?
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1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of what ?
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1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen when six men break into the house where it is stored. What is the approximate weight of the diamond ?
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1914 – World War I: Which nation invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka ?
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1919 – The United States Marine Corps invades which country ?
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1922 – The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in which Australian city ?
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1944 – World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near which city ?
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1954 – Hurricane Edna hits which area of North America as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths ?
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1972 – Which city's Rapid Transit system begins passenger service ?
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1989 – Hungary announces that the refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave. They were refugees from which country ?
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2001 – The fourth plane involved in the September 11 terrorist attacks lands in a field near which Pennsylvania town ?
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2012 – A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in which country ?