Day
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On this day in...
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Answer
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1
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1818, Mary Shelley publishes this famous monster novel
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Frankenstein
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2
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1960, this progressive, young president announced his presidential candidacy
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John F. Kennedy
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3
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1959, this becomes the 49th U.S. state
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Alaska
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4
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1958, this famous explorer from New Zealand reaches the South Pole
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Edmund Hillary
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5
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1957, this revolutionary baseball player announces his retirement
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Jackie Robinson
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6
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1907, the first Montessori school opens in this city
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Rome
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7
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1927, this comedy basketball team plays their first game
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Globetrotters
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8
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1790, this president delivered the first ever State of the Union address
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George Washington
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9
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1834, this famous ship arrives in Port San Julian, Patagonia
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HMS Beagle
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10
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1776, this famous pamphlet by Thomas Paine is published
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Common Sense
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11
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1693, this famous Sicilian volcano erupts
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Mt. Etna
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12
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1964, rebels on this Tanzanian island begin a revolt
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Zanzibar
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13
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1960, these notorious Russian labor camps are abolished
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Gulag
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14
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1539, Spain annexes this Caribbean island
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Cuba
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15
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1892, this innovator publishes the first rules for basketball
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James Naismith
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16
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1605, this Spaniard publishes the first Don Quixote novel
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Miguel de Cervantes
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17
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1706, famous American inventor and politican from Pennsylvania is born
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Benjamin Franklin
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18
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2002, the civil war in the African country, whose capital is Freetown, ends
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Sierra Leone
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19
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1809, the author of "The Raven" is born
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Edgar Allen Poe
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20
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1841, this Chinese island is occupied by the British
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Hong Kong
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21
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1861, this high ranking C.S.A. official resigns his spot in the U.S. Senate
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Jefferson Davis
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22
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1957, Israel withdraws from this peninsula
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Sinai
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23
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1973, this president announces a peace accord with Vietnam
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Richard Nixon
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24
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1857, the first fully-fledged south Asian university is formed here
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Kolkata
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25
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1533, Henry VIII marries his second wife secretly
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Anne Boleyn
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26
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1942, first American forces in Europe arrive here
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Northern Ireland
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27
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1944, a 900-day siege of this city comes to an end
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Leningrad
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28
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1956, this rocker makes his first television appearance
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Elvis Presley
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29
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1886, the first gasoline-powered automobile is patented by this man
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Karl Benz
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30
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1933, he is sworn in as Chancellor of Germany
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Adolf Hitler
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31
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1801, this notable Federalist judge is sworn in as the Chief Justice
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John Marshall
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