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1.845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Frankish king at the Battle of Ballon near Redon. What was the name of the Frankish king ?
Charles the Bald
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Louis the Simple
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Henry the Brave
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John the Younger
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2.1574 – Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of which modern day country ?
Brazil
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Argentina
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Chile
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Peru
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3.1718 – The Royal Navy attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach off the coast of North Carolina. By what name was Teach better known ?
Bluebeard
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Blackbeard
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Greybeard
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Whitebeard
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4.1869 – In Dumbarton, Scotland, the clipper Cutty Sark is launched. On what river was she built ?
River Clyde
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River Solway
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River Forth
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River Leven
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5.1935 – The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with which city ?
Tokyo
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Brisbane
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Manila
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Jakarta
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6.1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Chiang Kai-shek meet in which city to discuss ways to defeat Japan ?
Reykjavik
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Cairo
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Stockholm
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Lisbon
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7.1943 – Lebanon gains independence from which nation ?
France
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United Kingdom
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Netherlands
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Spain
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8.1956 – The Summer Olympics, officially known as the games of the XVI Olympiad, are opened in which location ?
Tokyo, Japan
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Paris, France
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Los Angeles, USA
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Melbourne, Australia
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9.1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald in which city ?
Dallas
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Somewhere other than Dallas
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Someplace thats not Dallas
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We all know its answer 1..Dallas
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10.1971 – In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in which mountainous region ?
Pennines
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Cairngorms
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Snowdonia
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Lake District
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11.1977 – British Airways inaugurates a regular supersonic Concorde service from London to which city ?
Hong Kong
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Rio de Janiero
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New York
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Toronto
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12.1995 – Which movie is released as the first feature-length film created by using only computer-generated imagery ?
Toy Story
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A Bug's Life
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Shrek
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Antz
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13.2002 – In Nigeria, more than 100 people are killed at an attack aimed at the contestants of which contest ?
Lagos Marathon
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Miss World
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World's Strongest Man
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Red Bull Soapbox Race
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14.2003 – Shortly after takeoff from Baghdad, a cargo plane is struck on the left wing by a surface-to-air missile and forced to land. Which company operated the plane ?
UPS
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FedEx
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TNT
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DHL Express
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15.2003 – England defeats which nation in the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final, becoming the first side from the Northern Hemisphere to win the tournament ?