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1.1540 – Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries which of his wives on the same day ?
Catherine Howard
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Anne Boleyn
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Catherine Parr
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Anne of Cleves
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2.1571 – La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest provinces in which country ?
Argentina
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Indonesia
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Philippines
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Sri Lanka
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3.1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of which country from Spain ?
Costa Rica
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Colombia
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Nicaragua
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Peru
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4.1854 – USS Constellation, the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy is commissioned. She is now a museum in which harbour ?
New Orleans
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Baltimore
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Savannah
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Newark
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5.1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the US government for a statue of which president ?
George Washington
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Thomas Jefferson
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Abraham Lincoln
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John Adams
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6.1896 – Which city in Florida is incorporated ?
Miami
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Jacksonville
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Tampa
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Orlando
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7.1914 – In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on which country, igniting World War I ?
Germany
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Serbia
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Poland
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France
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8.1935 – The first flight of which aircraft takes place ?
Douglas DC-3
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Northrop Delta
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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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Dornier Do 26
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9.1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs which city causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians ?
Hamburg
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Dresden
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Berlin
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Cologne
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10.1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Approximately how many people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway ?
100,000
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750,000
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400.000
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600,000
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11.1984 – The Summer Olympics officially known as the "Games of the XXIII Olympiad" were opened in which city ?
Los Angeles
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Tokyo
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London
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Rome
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12.1996 – The remains of what are discovered near Kennewick, Washington, USA ?
Tyrannosaurus dinosaur
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Sabre Toothed Tiger
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A prehistoric man
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Sasquatch
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13.2002 – Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in which US state, are rescued after 77 hours underground ?
Connecticut
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Pennsylvania
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Maine
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Oregon
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14.2017 – Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif was disqualified for life by the Supreme Court of Pakistan that found him guilty of what ?
Corruption
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Embezzlement
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Espionage
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Dereliction of Duty
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15.1866 – Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator is born. She is best known for inventing which character ?