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1.1666 – Great Fire of London ends: Ten thousand buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral, are destroyed, how many people are known to have died ?
157
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None
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6
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over 1,000
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2.1698 – In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on what ?
Windows
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Beards
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Horses
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Cheese
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3.1798 – Conscription is made mandatory in which country by the Jourdan law ?
France
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England
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Spain
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Denmark
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4.1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Wayne begins when Chief Winamac's forces attack two soldiers returning from where ?
A hunting trip
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The fort's well
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The fort's Armoury
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The fort's toilets
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5.1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of which republic ?
Riograndense Republic
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Republic of Texas
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Republic of Canada
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Federal Republic of Central America
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6.1882 – The first United States Labor Day parade is held in which city ?
New York
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Boston
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Washington
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New Orleans
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7.1915 – The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins in which country ?
Austria
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Portugal
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8.1932 – The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and which other country ?
Mali
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Algeria
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Ghana
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Niger
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9.1941 – Whole territory of which country is occupied by Nazi Germany ?
Estonia
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Norway
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10.1943 – World War II: The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport in which country ?
Philippines
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Papua New Guinea
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Indonesia
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Malaysia
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11.1960 – Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of which African country ?
Gambia
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Ivory Coast
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Senegal
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Sierra Leone
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12.1960 – Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome, at which weight ?
Welterweight
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Heavyweight
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Middleweight
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Light Heavyweight
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13.1970 – Jochen Rindt becomes the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, after being killed in practice for which Grand Prix ?
Monaco
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Italian
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French
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British
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14.1980 – Which road tunnel opens in Switzerland ?
Gotthard
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Great St Bernard
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Seelisberg
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San Bernardino
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15.1984 – Which state becomes the last in Australia to abolish capital punishment ?