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1.1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in what is now which country ?
Sao Tome
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Mauritius
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Brazil
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Dominica
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2.1809 – The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over which river ?
Danube
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Elba
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Rhine
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Oder
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3.1864 – The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates what ?
Coins must be 5% silver
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Coins must be circular
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Only licensed manufacterers to mint coins
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"In God We Trust" be placed on all US coins
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4.1889 – Thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and what other city are formed with populations of at least 10,000 ?
Tulsa
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Guthrie
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Wichita
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Amarillo
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5.1915 – The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in which battle ?
Second Battle of Ypres.
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Battle of Passchendaele
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First Battle of the Marne
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Battle of Vimy Ridge
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6.1944 – World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack a German what ?
Fuel Depot
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U-boat Base
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Weather Station
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Airfield
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7.1948 – Arab–Israeli War: Which port is captured from Arab forces ?
Tel Aviv
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Ashdod
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Gaza
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Haifa
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8.1969 – British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world in which vessel ?
Suhaili
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Golden Sun III
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Kontiki VII
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Tide Explorer
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9.1970 – What "Day" is celebrated for the first time ?
World Cancer Day
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Earth Day
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Zero Discrimination Day
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World Braille Day
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10.1977 – What is used to carry live telephone traffic for the first time ?
Satellites
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Radio Waves
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Copper Wire
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Optical Fibres
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11.1983 – The German magazine "Stern" claims that what had been found in wreckage in East Germany ?
Hitler's Diaries
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Hitler's Suicide Note
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Evidence of recent Nazi activity
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Missing Artworks from before WW2
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12.1993 – Eighteen-year-old Stephen Lawrence is murdered in a racially motivated attack while waiting for a bus in Well Hall in which London district ?
Abbey Wood
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Finsbury Park
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Eltham
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Shooter's Hill
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13.2004 – Two fuel trains collide in which Asian country, killing up to 150 people ?
Bangladesh
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Vietnam
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Kazakhstan
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North Korea
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14.2005 – Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for what ?
Fraudulent Use of Tax Money
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Japan's War Record
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Excessive Travel Expenses
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Being Unfaithful to his Wife
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15.2016 – The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight what ?