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1.332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of what to the citizens in Constantinople ?
Food
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Water
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Religious Material
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Clothing
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2.1268 – The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Siege of Antioch. In which two modern day countries was Antioch ?
Israel and Lebanon
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Iraq and Jordan
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Turkey and Syria
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt
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3.1499 – Alonso de Ojeda sets sail from Cádiz on his voyage to what is now where ?
Nicaragua
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Venezuela
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Puerto Rico
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Suriname
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4.1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in English-speaking North America making what activity illegal ?
Prostitution
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Gambling
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Alcohol Production
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Slavery
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5.1783 – First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown, Canada, after leaving the United States. By what name is Parrtown known today ?
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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Saint John, New Brunswick
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Montreal, Quebec
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
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6.1896 – A mass panic during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people on Khodynka Field in which city ?
Moscow
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St. Petersburg
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Vladivostok
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Yekaterinburg
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7.1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to achieve what feat ?
Row from California to Hawaii
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Reach the North Pole
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Break the Sound Barrier
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Walk around the World
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8.1965 – Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in which Middle Eastern city ?
Baghdad, Iraq
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Muscat, Oman
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Tehran, Iran
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Damascus, Syria
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9.1974 – India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so, in a project named what ?
Bright Light
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Punjabi Power
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Laughing Shiva
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Smiling Buddha
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10.1980 – Which volcano erupts killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage ?
Mount St. Helens, USA
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Mount Asama, Japan
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Mount Etna, Italy
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Soufrière Hills, Montserrat
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11.1990 – A modified train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3 km/h (320.2 mph) in which country ?
Germany
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Italy
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France
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Spain
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12.2006 – The post Loktantra Andolan government passes a landmark bill curtailing the power of the monarchy and making which country secular ?
Bhutan
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Nepal
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Thailand
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Taiwan
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13.2009 – The LTTE (Tamil Tigers) are defeated by the Sri Lankan government, ending how many years of fighting between the two sides ?
26
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35
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50
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18
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14.1949 – Rick Wakeman, English keyboardist and songwriter, is born. With which "Prog Rock" band is he most known ?
King Crimson
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Pink Floyd
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Yes
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Jethro Tull
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15.Today is recognised as what day internationally ?