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1.1594 - Mathematician John Napier predicts the end of the world in 1688 or what other year ?
1750
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1850
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1800
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1700
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2.1834 – US President Andrew Jackson orders the first use of federal soldiers to suppress what ?
Labour Dispute
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Religious Meeting
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Border Incursion
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Prison Riot
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3.1856 - Which UK and Commonwealth medal is established to acknowledge valour ?
Victoria Cross
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George Cross
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Distinguished Service Cross
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Military Cross
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4.1861 – Which state is admitted as the 34th U.S. state?
Arkansas
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Kansas
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Iowa
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Kentucky
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5.1891 – Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of which former nation ?
Kingdom of Imerina
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Kingdom of Hawaii
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Kingdom of Sarawak
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Kingdom of Sicily
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6.1907 – Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American to hold which office ?
US Ambassador
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US Governor
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US Senator
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Chief of Staff
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7.1916 – World War I: Which city is first bombed by German zeppelins ?
Paris
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Brussels
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London
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Lyon
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8.1920 - Walt Disney starts work as an artist with KC Slide Co for how much per week ?
$100
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$40
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$20
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$75
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9.1940 – Three trains on the Nishinari Line collide and explode while approaching a station killing 181 people in which Japanese city ?
Osaka
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Tokyo
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Nagoya
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Sapporo
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10.1942 - The first broadcast of which long (and still) running programme airs on BBC radio ?
Desert Island Discs
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The Archers
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Womans Hour
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Gardeners' Question Time
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11.1954 – Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host is born in which city in Mississippi ?
Kosciusko
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Scooba
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Quitman
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Pontotoc
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12.1978 - Sweden becomes the first nation to enact a ban on what ?
Tobacco Advertising
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Alcoholic drinks higher than 40% alcohol
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Aerosol Sprays
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Asbestos use in construction
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13.1980 – Which popular toy makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl's Court, London ?
Cabbage Patch Kids
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Viewmaster
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Simon
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Rubik's Cube
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14.1985 - Which university refuses to award Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher an honorary degree ?
Cambridge
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Oxford
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Yale
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Harvard
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15.2002 - In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush refers to an "Axis of Evil" originally comprising of Iran, Iraq and which other country?
North Korea
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Afghanistan
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Syria
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Venezuela
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16.2018 - Toronto police arrest landscaper Bruce McArthur for murder after remains of at least 5 people are found where ?