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1.1497 – Amerigo Vespucci allegedly leaves which port city for his first voyage to the New World ?
Porto, Portugal
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Cadiz, Spain
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Genoa, Italy
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Marseille, France
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2.1503 – Christopher Columbus visits the Cayman Islands and names them Las Tortugas after finding what on the islands ?
Tarantulas
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Turtles
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Sea Lions
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Tomatoes
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3.1773 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes legislation that leads to the Boston Tea Party. What was the Act called ?
Food Act
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New England Act
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Tea Act
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Massachusetts Act
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4.1775 – American Revolutionary War: Representatives from the Thirteen Colonies begin the Second Continental Congress in which city ?
Philadelphia
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Washington
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New York
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Richmond
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5.1801 – First Barbary War: The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on which country ?
Spain
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France
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Morocco
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United States
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6.1869 – The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed with the golden spike at which place ?
Humboldt Wells, Nevada
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Bridgers Pass, South Dakota
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Promontory Summit, Utah
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Julesberg, Nebraska
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7.1872 – Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman to be nominated for what role ?
Governor of California
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President of the United States
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Mayor of New York City
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Speaker of the House of Commons, UK
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8.1908 – What is observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia ?
Mother's Day
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Father's Day
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Earth Day
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Day of the Dead
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9.1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in which year ?
1954
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1948
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1967
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1972
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10.1940 – World War II: The Invasion of which country by the United Kingdom ?
Denmark
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Iceland
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Burma
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Egypt
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11.1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts. What was it called ?
Rock Around The Clock
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See You Later Alligator
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Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
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Green Tree Boogie
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12.1960 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast. What was Op. Sandblast ?
First Breakthrough of the Arctic Icecap
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Enter the Murmansk Shipyards
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Remain Underwater for Three Months
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First Underwater Circumnavigation of the Earth.
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13.1975 – Sony introduced which product in Japan ?
Walkman Personal Stereo
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Digital Watch
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Betamax Videocassette Recorder
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Solar Powered Calculator
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14.2005 – A hand grenade lands near to U.S. President George W. Bush while he is giving a speech to a crowd in which city ?
Baku, Azerbaijan
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Tbilisi, Georgia
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Paris, France
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Mumbai, India
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15.1942 – Carl Douglas, singer-songwriter, best known for his best selling Disco hit "Kung-Fu Fighting" is born in which city ?