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On This Day (June 30th) Multiple Choice
Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on June 30th?
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1.
296 – Which pope begins his papacy ?
Pope Marcellinus
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Pope Caius
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Pope Felix I
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Pope Eusebius
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1559 – King Henry II of France is mortally wounded whilst doing what ?
Fencing
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Jousting
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Archery
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Climbing
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1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses what on a tightrope ?
Grand Canyon
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Hudson River
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Mississippi River
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Niagara Falls
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1886 – The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on which date ?
July 4
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July 5
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July 3
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July 6
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1908 – The Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in human recorded history, resulting in a massive explosion over which region ?
Mongolia
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Eastern Siberia
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Manchuria
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Ural Mountain Range
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1916 – The Battle of the Boar's Head takes place in Richebourg-l'Avoué . It was to be known as what ?
"The Day Essex Died"
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"The Day Wessex Died"
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"The Day Sussex Died"
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"The Day Middlesex Died"
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1934 – Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place. It became known as what ?
"The Night Berlin Died"
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"The Night of the Long Knives"
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"The Night to end all Nights"
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"The Night of the Swords"
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1936 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against which nation's invasion of his country ?
Italy
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Germany
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Egypt
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Spain
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1937 – The world's first emergency telephone number is introduced in London. What was the number ?
112
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911
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999
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111
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1953 – The first of which model of car rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan ?
Ford Thunderbird
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Chevrolet Corvette
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Chrysler Imperial
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Nash Ambassador
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1960 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo gains independence from which country ?
France
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United Kingdom
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Spain
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Belgium
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1974 – The municipal strike of 1974 begins in which US city ?
Baltimore
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Cincinatti
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Jacksonville
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Birmingham
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1985 – Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed after being held for 17 days in which city ?
Damascus
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Tripoli
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Beirut
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Tehran
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2007 – A 4x4 filled with propane canisters drives into the entrance at Glasgow Airport, Scotland in a failed terrorist attack. What make of car was it ?
Land Rover Discovery
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Toyota Land Cruiser
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Mitsubishi Shogun
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Jeep Cherokee
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2015 – Which country signed a free trade agreement with European Union ?
India
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Vietnam
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Philippines
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Canada
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