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April 20th Events

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Date
Hint
Answer
295
8th recorded perihelion passage of what comet
Hailey Comet
850
Who becomes bishop of Cologne
Guntherus
1139
What opens in Rome
2nd Lateran Council
1505
What does Philibert of Luxembourg do
Expels Jews from Orange Burgandy
1551
Who becomes Earl Marshal of England
John Dudley
1611
What Shakespeare tragedy is performed
Macbeth
1650
Dutch East India Company (VOC) does what
Set new guidelines
1653
What does Oliver Cromwell do
Route English parliament to house
1689
What does the deposed king, James II do
Lay siege to Derry
1702
What comet approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth
Comet C/1702 H
1715
What play premieres in London
The tragedy of Lady Jane Grey
1736
What does French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis start an expedition to do
Measure the latitude and shape of the earth
1759
Who is buried in Westminster Abbey
George Frideric Handel
1770
Where does Captain James Cook arrive
New South Wales
1777
What does New York do
Adopt a new constitution
1785
Who becomes British Poet Laureate
Thomas Warton
1809
What Battle occurs
Battle of Abensberg
1836
What territory is created
Wisconsin Territory
1862
The first what test is completed by Louis Pasteur
Pasteurization
1879
First what is used in a journey from London & Cyprus
Mobile home
1887
Georges Bouton wins the 1st what
Motor race on a steam-powered quadricycle
1898
What US office in South Dakota opens
US Assay Office
Date
Hint
Answer
1902
What do Marie and Pierre Curie do
Isolate the radioactive compound radium chloride
1912
What stadium officially opens
Fenway Park
1920
The Balfour Declaration does what
Make Palestine a British Mandate
1926
The 1st what is transmitted across the Atlantic
Check sent by revenue
1931
The British House of Commons agrees on what
Sports play on Sunday
1940
The 1st what is demonstrated in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Electron microscope
1947
Who becomes King of Denmark
Frederik IX
1951
What Film Festival occurs
4th Cannes Film Festival
1958
Morocco demands what
Departure of Spanish troops
1962
What civilian pilot takes X-15 to 63,250 m
Neil Armstrong
1967
What US spacecraft lands on the Moon
Surveyor 3
1968
Who becomes the Canadian Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau
1974
Paul McCartney & Wings releases what single
Band on the Run
1979
Jimmy Carter is attacked by what
Swamp Rabbit
1983
Ronald Regan does what
Sign a $165 billion bail out for Social Security
1993
Uranus passes what planet
Neptune
1998
What terrorist group was dissolved
Red Army Faction
2012
A plane crash occurs near what city
Islamabad
2013
Who becomes President of Italy
Giorgio Napolitano
2018
Commonwealth countries decide who will be the next head of the organization
Prince Charles
2020
The price of US what turns negative for first time in history
Oil
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