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1.1481 – The largest of three earthquakes causes an estimated 30,000 casualties when it hits which island ?
Rhodes
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Sicily
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Cyprus
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Malta
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2.1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within how many minutes accuracy ?
8 minutes
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1 minute
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4 minutes
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12 minutes
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3.1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and to have what ?
A Buffet Car
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A Tunnel
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A Branch Line
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Wheelchair Access
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4.1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer which country ?
Nicaragua
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Guatemala
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El Salvador
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Panama
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5.1867 – The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to which part of Canada ?
Newfoundland
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Prince Edward Island
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Yukon
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Vancouver Island
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6.1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in which city ?
London, UK
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Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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Toronto, Canada
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Bergen, Norway
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7.1945 – World War II: Sinking of the prison ships "Cap Arcona", "Thielbek" and "Deutschland" by the Royal Air Force in which body of water ?
Ringkobing Fjord, Denmark
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Gulf of Gdansk, Poland
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Lübeck Bay, Germany
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Bjornafjorden, Norway
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8.1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane where ?
North Pole
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Darian Gap
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Baffin Island
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Bikini Atoll
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9.1952 – Which sporting event is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network ?
Daytona 500
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NFL Draft
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US Open Tennis
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Kentucky Derby
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10.1960 – Which museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands ?
Rijksmuseum
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Anne Frank House
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Van Gogh Museum
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Heineken Experience
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11.2007 – The 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history", from which resort ?
Lloret de Mar, Spain
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Juan les Pins, France
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Praia da Luz, Portugal
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Viareggio, Italy
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12.2001 – Which country loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947 ?
United States
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France
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North Korea
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Botswana
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13.2002 – An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17, in what type of building ?
Pharmacy
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School
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Railway Station
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Bank
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14.1933 – James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor is born, by what name is he often referred ?
Grandfather of Soul
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The Soul Sensation
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Godfather of Soul
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God of Soul
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15.The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be a day to commemorate what ?