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1.1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of which river ?
Nile
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Amazon
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Mississippi
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Mekong
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2.1851 – Which novel by Herman Melville, is published in the USA ?
Billy Budd, Sailor
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Moby Dick
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Omoo
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Benito Cereno
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3.1886 – Friedrich Soennecken first developed which office tool ?
Stapler
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Desk Tidy
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Hole Puncher
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Photocopier
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4.1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in how many days ?
79
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68
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75
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72
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5.1940 – World War II: In England, which city is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers almost completely destroying it's cathedral ?
York
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Salisbury
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Canterbury
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Coventry
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6.1948 – Which member of the British Royal Family is born on this day ?
Prince Charles
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Princess Anne
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Prince Andrew
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Prince Edward
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7.1952 – The first regular UK Singles Chart is published by which magazine ?
Kerrang
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The Spectator
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New Musical Express
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Sounds
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8.1960 – Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in which US state ?
Alabama
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Louisiana
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Georgia
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Kentucky
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9.1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for the world's first what ?
Laser
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Silicon chip
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Tazer
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MRI scanner
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10.1971 – Mariner 9 enters orbit around which planet ?
Mercury
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Earth
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Venus
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Mars
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11.1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, at which venue ?
St. Pauls Cathedral
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Westminster Abbey
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Windsor Castle
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Buckingham Palace
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12.1979 – US President Jimmy Carter issues Executive order 12170, freezing all assets in the United States of which country in response to a hostage crisis ?
China
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Venezuela
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Iran
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Guatemala
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13.1982 – Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed union movement, is released after eleven months of internment. What was the movement called ?
Solidarity
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Polish Workers Unite
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United Workers Party
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Togetherness
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14.1991 – Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to which city after thirteen years of exile ?
Thimphu
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Phnom Penh
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Bandar Seri Begawan
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Bangkok
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15.2008 – The first G-20 economic summit opens in which city ?