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1.1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in which sea, devastates the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places ?
Ligurian Sea
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Ionic Sea
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Tyrrhenian Sea
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Adriatic Sea
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2.1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave which city three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris ?
New York
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Washington
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Philadelphia
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Boston
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3.1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become which King ?
King Oscar II
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King Haakon VII
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King Magnus VI
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King Olav V
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4.1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army at Negomano on the border of which two modern-day countries ?
Zambia and Zimbabwe
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Uganda and Rwanda
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Kenya and Somalia
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Mozambique and Tanzania
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5.1941 – HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II off the coast of which country ?
Denmark
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Namibia
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Egypt
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Morocco
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6.1947 – The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. For what reason ?
Alleged involvement with the Communist Party
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Union membership
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Alleged homosexuality
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Demanding higher pay rates
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7.1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap, the longest continuously-running play in history, opens at which theatre in London ?
Globe Theatre
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Ambassadors Theatre
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Dominion Theatre
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Lyceum Theatre
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8.1962 – Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese videogame designer is born. He is best known as the creator of which game series ?
Final Fantasy
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Mortal Kombat
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Grand Theft Auto
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The Sims
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9.1973 – Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis in which country ?
Cyprus
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Malta
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Greece
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Turkey
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10.1975 – Suriname gains independence from which nation ?
Netherlands
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Belgium
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United Kingdom
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France
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11.1981 – Pope John Paul II appoints Cardinal Ratzinger "Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith". He would become which Pope ?
Pope Francis
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Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope Pius XII
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Pope Gregory XVII
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12.1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record which song in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia ?
"Everybody Wants To Run The World"
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"Perfect Day"
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"With a Little Help from My Friends"
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"Do They Know It's Christmas?"
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13.1992 – The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from which date ?
December 31, 1992
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November 25, 1992
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January 1, 1993
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April 1, 1993
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14.1999 – A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating off the Florida coast on what type of inflatable ?
Beach Bed
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Inner Tube
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Childs Dinghy
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Toy Dolphin
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15.Which dessert is celebrated in the US on this day ?