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1.781 – The oldest recorded eruption of which volcano ?
Mount Etna
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Mount Fuji
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Mount Vesuvius
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Krakatoa
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2.1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant: The French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of which French river ?
Yonne
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Seine
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Loire
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Saone
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3.1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover which island ?
Bermuda
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Grenada
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Hispaniola
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Trinidad
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4.1703 – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet. What is he pelted with ?
Flowers
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Rotten Fruit and Vegetables
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Sour Milk
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Pebbles
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5.1790 – The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for what invention ?
Type of horses reins
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Gun holster
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A way of processing Potash
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Navigation aid
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6.1856 – Which New Zealand city is chartered on this day ?
Auckland
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Christchurch
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Wellington
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Dunedin
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7.1913 – The Balkan States sign an armistice in which capital city ?
Belgrade
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Budapest
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Prague
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Bucharest
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8.1932 – The Nazi Party wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections. What is the party's official name ?
German National People's Party
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National Socialist German Workers' Party
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Socialist Workers' Party of Germany
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German Racialist Freedom Party
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9.1945 – Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in which country ?
Austria
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Switzerland
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Spain
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Belgium
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10.1970 – Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned ration of what in the Royal Navy ?
Cigarettes
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Cheese
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Rum
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Porridge
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11.1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to do what ?
Perform a space walk
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Ride in a lunar rover
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Play golf on the moon
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Bring back over 50kg of samples
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12.1975 – Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland. What was the bands name ?
The Dubliners
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The Limerick Five
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Johnny and the Unicorns
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The Miami Showband
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13.1992 – Which nation joins the United Nations ?
Georgia
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Lesotho
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Bhutan
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Belize
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14.2007 – Operation Banner, the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end. Where did it take place ?
Southern Cyprus
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Falkland Islands
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Northern Ireland
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Hong Kong
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15.2012 – Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics. How many does he hold ?