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1.1724 – Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion", at St. Nicholas Church, in which city ?
Leipzig
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Vienna
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Budapest
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Paris
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2.1798 – The Mississippi Territory is organized from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and which other country ?
France
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United Kingdom
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Spain
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Portugal
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3.1805 – Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery breaks camp among the Mandan tribe and resumes its journey West along the which river ?
Colorado
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Missouri
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Mississippi
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Yukon
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4.1827 – John Walker, an English chemist, sells for the first time an item he had invented the previous year, what was it ?
Incubator
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Moisturising Cream
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Headache Cure
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Friction Match
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5.1906 – Which volcano erupts and devastates the nearby city ?
Mount Etna
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Mount Asama
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Mount Vesuvius
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Mount Cameroon
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6.1940 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be have which honour ?
Depicted on US postage stamp
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Purple Heart
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State Senator
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Street named after him
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7.1946 – Which country's independence from France is officially recognised ?
Algeria
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Mozambique
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Mali
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Syria
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8.1949 – Which Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that would run for 1,925 performances and win ten Tony Awards, was opened on Broadway ?
Oklahoma !
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South Pacific
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The King and I
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Carousel
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9.1964 – What kills Rev. Bruce W. Klunder, a civil rights activist, during a school segregation protest in Cleveland, Ohio ?
Semi-truck
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Bulldozer
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Motorcycle
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School Bus
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10.1968 – Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at which circuit ?
Hockenheim
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Spa
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Imola
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Monza
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11.1976 – Member of Parliament and suspected spy John Stonehouse resigns from the Labour Party in the UK after being arrested on what charge ?
Libel
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Theft of Party funds
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Tax Fraud
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Faking his own Death
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12.1989 – Soviet submarine "Komsomolets" sinks, killing 42 sailors, in which sea?
Kara Sea
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Barents Sea
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Baltic Sea
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Norwegian Sea
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13.1999 – The World Trade Organization rules in favour of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over what product ?
Tractors
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Furniture
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Bananas
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Pharmaceuticals
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14.2009 – Mass protests begin across which country under the belief that results from the parliamentary election are fraudulent ?
Moldova
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Zimbabwe
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Myanmar
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Venezuela
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15.1964 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-Australian actor is born in which city ?