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1.1494 – Christopher Columbus lands on and claims which island for Spain ?
Jamaica
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Hispaniola
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Tenerife
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Grenada
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2.1809 – Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for inventing a technique of doing what ?
Dying Cloth
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Cutting Paper
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Weaving Straw
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Preserving Fruit
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3.1835 – The first railway in continental Europe opens between which two cities ?
Paris and Lille
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Brussels and Mechelen
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Amsterdam and Utrecht
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Cologne and Dusseldorf
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4.1891 – The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with which composer as the guest conductor ?
Brahms
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Verdi
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Tchaikovsky
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Debussy
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5.1905 – The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that what type of evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder ?
Photographic
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Blood Type
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Microscopic
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Fingerprint
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6.1936 – Italian troops occupy which city ?
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Valetta, Malta
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Tripoli, Libya
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Djibouti, Djibouti
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7.1945 – World War II: Battle of Castle Itter takes place, the only battle in which American and what other troops fought cooperatively ?
Italian
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German
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Australian
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Norwegian
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8.1961 – Which astronaut becomes the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight ?
Neil Armstrong
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Buzz Aldrin
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John Glenn
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Alan Shepard
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9.1972 – Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near which city, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy. ?
Milan
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Udine
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Palermo
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Aosta
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10.1980 – Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms which country's embassy in London after a six-day siege ?
Iran
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Iraq
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Syria
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Egypt
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11.1992 – Armand Césari Stadium disaster in Bastia (Corsica): 18 people are killed when one of the terraces collapses at a football match between SC Bastia and what other team ?
Paris St. Germain
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Olympique de Marseille
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AC Ajaccio
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FC Mulhouse
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12.1994 – American teenager Michael P. Fay receives what punishment in Singapore for theft and vandalism ?
One Month Imprisonment
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$3000 Fine
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100 Hours Community Service
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Six Strokes of the Cane
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13.1959 – Ian McCulloch, English singer-songwriter and guitarist, is born. He is best known as the frontman for which band ?
Hootie and the Blowfish
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Buzzcocks
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Echo and the Bunnymen
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Happy Mondays
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14.Today is commemorated as "Martyrs' Day" in which European country ?
Albania
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Estonia
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Andorra
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Kosovo
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15.Today is also commemorated internationally as what ?